On March 4, the borders of the United States of Mexican were at full stopping. The trucks that the Salawandia bull was seized via a checkpoint to the United States. The only thing that moves is confusion in the air.

Saalandia owns a factory in Khwariz, Mexico who makes car parts and truck slices from metal tubes to warehouses in the US State of Texas for assembly. During the past month, his work was thrown into the turbulent waters.

He said, referring to the tariff threats: “It has become a political game … so there was a significant decrease in traffic. Even American officials did not know whether they would accuse the trailers that were crossing.” “There is a lot in playing … It is misleading information, confusion and uncertainty. There are a lot of unknown people, on how to provide definitions, how they will suit them, and how they will be directed to shipping.”

US President Donald Trump Complex tariff policies The main industries that deal between Mexico and the United States have left, from cars, to agriculture, to textiles, and a scramble to comply with changing rules and question their future.

On March 26, Trump announced A 25 percent new tariff for cars and auto parts It was manufactured abroad, which will enter into force on April 3. The saayandia tariff will force its working power, and began to think about alternative site options for its factory – including the transition to Texas, where he was investing in automation and robots in the manufacturing process to avoid high work costs.

“The former politicians saw a globalized world in which things were manufactured in low -cost countries … but now, with Trump’s arrival, who had an alternative economic vision of the world, manufacturers began to think about changing the way things are produced.”

On March 4, when his trucks were stuck on the border, a 25 percent tariff was set into effect on the goods that the United States imported from Mexico. But when the Mexican business community awaits a well -known breath to see if President Claudia Xinbum can NegotiateTrump announced that the goods calculated under USMCA (the United States, Mexico-Kanada, or T-MEC agreement, as well as known as Spanish) will be exempt from the definitions until April 2. This will leave more than half of the imports safe from the customs tariff for another month.

The new base has not been a complete sigh of business leaders in Mexico, who say the atmosphere of uncertainty is continuing, as they hurry to comply with T-MEC, and to worry about the policies descending in the pipeline.

Mexican politicians were quick to point out that the Mexican Bizo remained somewhat stable, between 20 and 21 peso to the dollar.

Mexico Economy Marcelo Eporard said that he will work with companies, especially the Galleot car manufacture, to suit 90 percent of exports as part of the T-MEC agreement instructions. But this may take several months to complete. Now, with the announcement of the new definitions that focus automatically last week, all these efforts may have been easy.

“What we are looking for is a preferential treatment for Mexico, in a way that we can protect jobs and economic activity in our country.” [US] Trade Secretary … No country has this level of communication with the United States. “

Alternative markets

About 40 percent of auto parts used in vehicles sold in the United States across the border in Mexican cities that depend on their economies depend on car factories. The Mexican car industry generates more than $ 100 billion in annual revenue and export more than three million cars, mostly to the United States.

Alberto Postamanti, Director of the National Agency provider in the automotive industry in Mexico, said that the definitions affect the automotive industry in various ways, depending on whether the company exports parts or complete combined cars. It also includes more philosophical questions, such as “What is a car?”

“As the private sector, we do not have options. If it depends on us, we would have already discovered it, but it does not depend on us, this depends on the government,” said Bosammante. “In the United States, there are five million jobs at stake if these definitions enter into force, and in Mexico, a million.”

He said that specialized and luxurious vehicles that contain unfamiliar spare parts will be the most affected by the current definitions, as well as those made of steel or aluminum, because Trump was in addition to a 25 percent tariff on the goods made of these minerals, which started on March 12.

Due to the difficulty of seizing time, it will be appropriate in T-MEC instructions, the affected companies must decide whether paying a tax of 25 percent is worth all this effort, or whether they should just close the store in Mexico and transfer their business elsewhere.

Sheinbauum, instead of focusing on the current turmoil, has put its attention on repairing the T-MEC deal to ensure the long-term stability of the Mexican economy. But she will not get this opportunity until 2026, when the agreement is a review. If Trump implemented the auto industry tariff on April 3, Mexico will respond to anti -picnics.

Meanwhile, Bustamante said that car manufacturers have begun to rethink their plans for 10 years and are considering either to give up Mexico as a manufacturing center, or direct their outlook away from the United States as their primary market.

Cars are not the only products that are located in the disinfectant. Other goods, from washing machines to peanuts to medical tools, also have varying degrees of compliance with the T-MEC commercial deal.

Avocado-making of approximately $ 3 billion, and the pride of cooking Mexico-does not always fit with T-MEC, depending on harvesting and sanitation operations used by specific companies. Mexico sends more than billions of Avocado every year to the United States, and tariffs can raise prices to famous fruits with the impulsion of avocado farmers to ensure that their orchards are compatible with the T-MEC regulations.

“Our plan is to open new markets,” said Elysar Osguera, director of the AFOCADO association and AFocado Exporters in Gallisco. “If there is any problem, we want an alternative. We cannot focus on only one market.”

Both Oceguera and Bustamante said that the real cost will come to the American consumer, as thousands of products will become more expensive, with cars prices increasing several thousand dollars per vehicle.

The atmosphere of uncertainty has spread even in the industries that perfectly fit with T-MEC instructions, because Trump is considering applying the sweeping tariffs. Such a scenario would push the Mexican economy to recession, while the American economy will face high prices.

“We will always defend Mexican companies, it is part of our basic work,” Shinbom said on March 27.