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US tariffs on Mexico and the implications for EMs

US tariffs on imports from Mexico would have major repercussions for Mexico’s economy, but any spillovers on other EMs through trade links are likely to be small. For the rest of the emerging world, the more important implications stem from what it means for the use of tariffs more generally as a tool of US diplomacy as well as for US-China trade relations.

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