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Trump backs away from tariffs after Mexico agrees to immigration deal

American negotiators had been asking Mexico since July 2018 to do more to stop the flow of migrants

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Steven T Dennis, Eric Martin & Nick Wadhams | Bloomberg
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

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