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How Claudia Sheinbaum Should Respond to Trump’s Blackmail

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2024

Only when the state is restricted to the administration of justice, and economic creativity thus freed from arbitrary restraints, will conditions exist for making possible a lasting improvement in the welfare of the more miserable peoples of the world.
Francis E. Mahaffy, The Freeman [September 1963]

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December 11, 2024
How Claudia Sheinbaum Should Respond to Trump’s Blackmail
Last month, President-elect Trump stated that if Mexico failed to stem the tide of migrants and drugs coming into the United States, he would impose a 25 percent tariff on Mexican goods imported into the United States. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum responded that if Trump followed through with his tariff threat, Mexico would respond with a 25 percent tariff on U.S. goods coming into Mexico….
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