Usually that may be the case. What you and others are forgetting is that the US is Mexico's largest and main trading partner. Mexico simply ships their goods via trucks legally across the border every day.
If punitive tariffs cause them to look elsewhere for buyers, Mexico won't have that same short distance low cost transport convenience. Central American countries buy didly squat because they can't afford it. South America? That would probably mean ships for large amounts. Think Mexico is going to start building more freighters? Canada? Forget it.
Pres. Trump knows this. The Mexican gov knows this. Hell, as a past small businessman in California, I know this. Who is going to buy their products in large quantities from long distances? It was a good move and is already paying dividends providing Mexico follows through with their southern border security.
I believe the best part is freezing the assets of the caravan organizers, which they just did. We've all known for some time that these are not spontaneous groups fleeing so-called oppression.
This migration crisis has now taken on a new dynamic. Word will get to Central America very quickly.
Yes, more to be done like e-Verify with harsh penalties and the frigging wall. Then there are our stupid asylum laws that won't be considered while dim/socialists are in power. Don't bother - I know the RINO's blew their chance.
I wouldn’t be so sure. Necessity is the mother of invention. However, the free market doesn’t really thrive in Mexico because of its smothering government. So what would otherwise be an opportunity for sellers in Mexico to go elsewhere, adding the extra costs to the price, probably won’t happen because the free market is smothered by the Mexican government which is why they are so dirt poor.
But a healthy economic country with a thriving free market could make those changes. So all that means is America’s government interference screws up Mexico’s government interference.
The point is, tariffs do not address the core issues that has caused our economic weakness - directly caused by the federal government. Tariffs are palliative measures that appear to fix something but doesn’t and actually weakens our economy.
In the meantime, Trumps is using this threat to cull illegal immigration - what Congress is constitutionally mandated to do but won’t. God bless Trump.