Trump postpones higher Mexico tariff for 90 days
"We have agreed to extend, for a 90 Day period, the exact same Deal as we had for the last short period of time," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. The country currently faces a
25 percent US tariff
for goods not entering under a
North American trade pact
.
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