Mexican tariff’s future met with concerns

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© Abas Kamal Bin Sulaiman

By Alex Lennane

06/02/2017

Two stories on the possible impact of making changes to NAFTA. Bloomberg has a great little infographic, showing the journey a widget makes from the start of is life in Asia to some five border crossings in the US, Mexico and Canada. This second article looks more closely at businesses in Toledo, Ohio, and asks how they feel about possible tariffs in this “whole new world”. Will prices go up for American consumers? And what happens to supply chains?

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