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Here’s Where Trump’s Deportations Are Sending MigrantsThe Trump administration’s deportations of undocumented immigrants are accelerating as part of a broader crackdown on unauthorized immigration. The focus so far has been on hundreds of flights, mainly to Latin American countries.
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Fentanyl and the U.S. Opioid EpidemicOpioid addiction has become one of the United States’ biggest killers, endangering public health, the economy, and national security. But closing the floodgates on fentanyl poses a significant foreign policy challenge.
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How Does Fentanyl Reach the United States?President Trump has imposed steep tariffs on Canada, China, and Mexico in the name of curbing fentanyl flows into the United States. In reality, supplies of the drug—and related deaths—have sharply declined in the past year, though they are still at worrying levels.
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Tariff Turbulence: How Trump’s Mexico Tariffs Could Shift Gears in the U.S. Auto MarketTariffs on Mexican imports could further elevate the comparative advantage of Chinese EV makers at the cost of U.S. automakers.
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Mexico’s Long War: Drugs, Crime, and the CartelsViolence continues to rage some two decades after the Mexican government launched a war against drug cartels.
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The Costs of TariffsCFR President and former U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman analyzes the potential economic consequences and broader impacts on global trade norms of President Donald Trump’s imposition of tariffs on Canada, China, and Mexico.
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Tariff Turbulence: How Trump’s Mexico Tariffs Could Shift Gears in the U.S. Auto MarketTariffs on Mexican imports could further elevate the comparative advantage of Chinese EV makers at the cost of U.S. automakers.
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Guac Shock: Understanding Tariffs With AvocadosThe majority of avocados consumed in the United States come from Mexico. Here’s how tariffs could make the price of avocados—and other goods—more expensive.
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What Trump’s Trade War Would Mean, in Nine ChartsPresident Trump’s tariffs on Canada, China, and Mexico could upend U.S. trade. These nine charts show what’s at stake, what comes next, and why it matters.
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Media Briefing: Bracing for a Trade WarCFR experts provide insights and context around President Donald Trump's announced tariffs and what they mean for North American trade, U.S. alliances, and global competition.
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Trump’s Risky New Era of Broken Trade NormsThe tariffs that President Donald Trump has announced against three of the United States’ biggest trading partners—Canada, China, and Mexico—look poised to shatter the era of a rules-based order with global economic ramifications.
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Destabilizing Mexico Would Make the U.S. Less Safe and WealthyTrump’s revival of his punitive immigration playbook will overwhelm Mexico’s overburdened state, sandbag regional economic growth and enrich criminal cartels.
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Women This Week: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Responds to Executive Orders and Threats from President TrumpWelcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers January 18 to January 24.
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U.S.-Mexico RelationsOver the course of two hundred years, the United States and Mexico have developed rich diplomatic, economic, and cultural ties but at times clashed over borders, migration, trade, and an escalating drug war.
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Trump and the Future of the USMCAPresident Trump has threatened new tariffs on all imports from Canada and Mexico. His trade plans threaten the future of the United States’ largest free trade agreement.