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Mexico's Congress approves higher tariffs on goods from India, China and non-FTA nations
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....exico's Congress approves higher tariffs on goods from India, China and non-FTA nations<BR>Customs & Trade<BR>Dated:- 11-12-2025<BR>PTI<BR>Washington, Dec 11 (PTI) Mexico's Congress has approved a bill that seeks to impose higher tariffs on imports from India, China, Brazil and several other countries with which the North American nation doesn't have free trade agreements. The bill, which is set ....
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....to take effect on January 1, 2026, was passed by Mexico's Senate on Wednesday after the lower house approved it. The development comes months after US President Donald Trump imposed a steep 50 per cent tariffs on Indian goods entering American markets, including 25 per cent for Delhi's purchases of Russian oil, in August. The bill, submitted to Congress by President Claudia Sheinbaum in Septembe....
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....r, proposes modifications to 1,463 tariff categories (or products) covering more than a dozen sectors, including auto parts, light vehicles, plastic, toys, textiles, furniture, footwear, clothing, aluminium and glass, according to the Mexico News Daily. The proposed tariffs range from 5 per cent to 50 per cent. Among the other countries that will be affected by the proposed higher tariffs are In....
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....dia, China, South Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, Brazil, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates, the daily said. China will be the most affected country. The paper said that the government believes that the proposed tariffs would generate additional revenue of USD 3.8 billion per year. The Mexican government is aiming to reduce reliance on imports from Asian countries, especially China, it adde....
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....d. The proposal to increase tariffs on China and other countries with which Mexico doesn't have free trade agreements represents “an alignment with US trade policy,” Horacio Saavedra, a Mexican diplomat, was quoted as saying by the news outlet La Silla Rota. “The [tariff] measure responds to the shared concern of Mexico and the US about practices that have affected national industries, e....
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....specially textiles, clothing and certain manufacturing sectors,” Saavedra said. India was Mexico's 9th largest trading partner in 2023, with a trade of USD 10.58 billion. The bilateral trade in 2023 consisted of Indian imports of USD 2.54 billion and exports of USD 8.03 billion to Mexico. In the trade basket from the Indian side, the most important items of export are automobiles and auto part....
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....s, pharmaceuticals, engineering goods and chemical products. From the Mexican side, the most important item is crude oil. Other products of export to India are gold and related jewellery, chemical compounds and telephone machinery. PTI ZH ZH ZH ZH<BR> News - Press release - PIB....