Category: Americas
3 Mexican Sectors Most Affected by U.S. Tariffs, and How the Country Could Respond
New York Times President Trump’s tariffs will have major effects on Mexico’s auto industry, agriculture and energy, but the country has some means for responding. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/world/americas/mexico-economy-trump-tariffs.html
Read MoreTrump Administration Moves to End Protections for Venezuelans in the U.S.
New York Times The decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status for more than 300,000 people signals that President Trump will continue to dismantle a program that aims to protect migrants from potentially dangerous countries. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/us/politics/trump-venezuela-temporary-protected-status.html
Read MoreThe Dark Side of Canada’s Fight Over Lobster
New York Times As Canada wrangles an epic, decades-long saga of who can fish for lobster, and when, emerging threats are heating up the conflict in Nova Scotia. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/world/canada/nova-scotia-canada-lobster.html
Read MoreTrump’s Canada and Mexico Tariffs Could Hurt Some Carmakers
New York Times General Motors and a few other companies make as much as 40 percent of their North American cars and trucks in Canada and Mexico, leaving them vulnerable to tariffs. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/business/economy/tariffs-trump-automakers-canada-mexico.html
Read MoreWhy Trump Is Imposing Tariffs on Mexico
New York Times Mr. Trump is trying use tariffs to force Mexico to better guard its border with the United States, but Mexican officials say the tariffs will only hurt both countries. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/world/americas/trump-mexico-tariffs.html
Read MoreTrump’s Tariffs Would Reverse Decades of Integration Between U.S. and Mexico
New York Times Ties between the United States and Mexico have deepened over 30 years of free trade, creating both benefits and irritants. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/us/politics/trumps-tariffs-us-mexico.html
Read MoreWindsor, Ontario, Canadian Automotive Capital, Braces for Trump Tariffs
New York Times Windsor, Ontario, right across the border from Detroit, has close ties to the United States but now faces exceptional economic disruption. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/world/canada/canada-trump-tariffs-windsor.html
Read MoreRestored Anti-Fascism Mural by Philip Guston Unveiled in Mexico
New York Times In 1934, two young artists drove from Los Angeles in a beat-up car to Mexico, to create a powerful artwork about repression. It was concealed — and then forgotten. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/arts/design/philip-guston-mural-mexico.html
Read MoreLatin America Gets Into Deal-Making Mode for Rubio’s Visit
New York Times After a barrage of threats from President Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio is now tasked with trying to reap cooperation from Latin America. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/world/americas/rubio-central-america-visit.html
Read MoreGreat White Sharks Washing Up Dead in Canada With Brain Swelling
New York Times Faced with a rash of shark deaths marked by brain swelling, Canadian and American scientists are trying to solve a marine mystery. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/science/white-sharks-meningoencephalitis.html
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