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Immigration Expert Todd Bensman: Trump May Have Other Ambitions for Tariffs on Mexico Other than Deal to Stop Fentanyl Flow

by Kaitlin Housler | Mar 4, 2025 | National, News, Policy, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show

Todd Bensman, a senior national security fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, said President Donald Trump’s 25 percent tariffs expected to be imposed on Mexico at midnight tonight may be a tool the president is using to attract businesses to set up shop in...

Immigration Expert Todd Bensman: Trump Tariff Threat ‘Highly Effective,’ ‘Should Have Been Done for Years’

by Kaitlin Housler | Feb 4, 2025 | Economy, National, News, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show

Todd Bensman, a senior national security fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, said President Donald Trump’s 25 percent tariff threat on Mexican imports was a “highly effective” strategy that should have been implemented by prior administrations “for years” as...

Steve Cortes: President Trump Played the ‘Strong Hand’ with Tariffs, Now Mexico Is ‘Crying Uncle’

by Kaitlin Housler | Feb 3, 2025 | Economy, National, News, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show

Steve Cortes, former senior spokesman and strategist for the 2016 and 2020 Trump campaigns and current head of the League of American Workers, said President Donald Trump’s 25 percent tariff threat on Mexican imports shows that the president “knows how to wield the...
Mexico’s Tariff Move on Apparel Imports Disrupts Supply Chains, Pushes Firms Toward Reshoring in the US

Mexico’s Tariff Move on Apparel Imports Disrupts Supply Chains, Pushes Firms Toward Reshoring in the US

by Christina Botteri | Jan 2, 2025 | Economy, National, News, Policy

Just before Christmas, Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum announced a significant increase in tariffs on textiles and apparel imports, along with the end of a “border-skipping” practice, which allowed U.S. e-commerce sellers to bypass tariffs on Chinese...

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