Trump threatens to double tariffs on Mexico if it does not halt migrants
SPY•Donald Trump threatened to immediately double tariffs on Mexico if it does not stop an estimated 1,500 migrants, mostly from Central America, walking north toward the United States.
1. Tariff threat
Trump said on social media that Mexico must stop the migrants and warned that tariffs would be immediately doubled if it did not. The group set off on Tuesday from Tapachula, near the Guatemala border, hoping the US midterm election results could open pathways to live and work in the United States.
