Mexico's president said Tuesday the country will respond to the 25% tariffs imposed by the United States with retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods, with details to come. Mexico will announce the targeted products and other measures Sunday at an event in Mexico City’s central plaza, a delay that suggests Mexico hopes to de-escalate the trade war set off by U.S. President Donald Trump.
If he plans to buy a golden card to flee Russia, he would prefer hist destination to be a stable country. If he plans on using the US as military support, he would prefer it to stay reasonably rich, as long as it doesn’t also help his enemies… And Canada and Mexico are not on the Russian list of enemies (or at least not until recently, Canada probably is now).
I think he’d much rather eliminate one of the top economies and make more room for the Russian economy to recover. I’d imagine the simplified version of the plan goes something like this:
Make the US destroy all its current trade relationships
In manufactured desperation, the US drops sanctions and tries to lean on Russia as a new partner
How?
If he plans to buy a golden card to flee Russia, he would prefer hist destination to be a stable country. If he plans on using the US as military support, he would prefer it to stay reasonably rich, as long as it doesn’t also help his enemies… And Canada and Mexico are not on the Russian list of enemies (or at least not until recently, Canada probably is now).
The gold cards arent for Putin, they’re for all of the other Russian oligarchs that have destroyed Russia and need a new place to set up shop.
I think he’d much rather eliminate one of the top economies and make more room for the Russian economy to recover. I’d imagine the simplified version of the plan goes something like this: