President Donald Trump pushed Mexico — and his own party — to the brink when he threatened massive new tariffs over illegal immigration. And he now has a cross-border deal to show for it.
He also added another chapter in his now-familiar pattern on tariffs: threaten to go big, pull back at the last minute.
Trump announced late Friday that he wouldn’t impose a sliding scale of tariffs on goods from Mexico — from 5 per cent to 25 per cent over time — after that nation agreed to take a tougher stance on immigration, which was his goal all