China

El 29 de abril de 2025 se publicó que el primer trimestre del año, la economía estadounidense se contrajo 0.3%, como resultado de los aranceles. En esa misma fecha, La Casa Blanca decidió relajar las medidas arancelarias a la industria automotriz. El problema es que los flujos comerciales y la producción mundial de autos no son mayoritariamente estadounidenses. Las ventajas del T-MEC y las importaciones de Asia, ambos procesos de más de tres décadas, no pueden revertirse en un par de años.

¿Qué implican las nuevas políticas arancelarias de Donald Trump? ¿Cómo responde China  desde su creciente poder económico?  ¿Qué significa que Estados Unidos imponga nuevos aranceles?  ¿Por qué China ahora limita el comercio de tierras raras hacia EE.UU.?  ¿Estamos entrando en una nueva etapa de guerra tecnológica y comercial?

Mexico is the second-largest economy in Latin America. It has a deep-rooted relationship with the United States through the T-MEC, now affected by the U.S. announcement of unilateral tariffs. It benefits from preferential access to the U.S. market, which has allowed it to export manufactured goods, automobiles, and agricultural products at the cost of importing all the inputs from China to export these products to the North. In the context of the trade war between Washington and the Red Dragon, the tariffs against Mexico prevent Chinese brand products manufactured in the country from entering its market without tariffs. The Aztec country has sought to diversify its relations by exploring trade agreements with other countries and strengthening Asian investment in strategic sectors for domestic purposes. Given the growing importance of the Asian giant in the country, Washington has pressured its southern neighbour to take measures against China, both in terms of tariffs and investment restrictions, considering them a possible risk to U.S. national security. Such policies limit Mexican growth and productive diversification. This article analyses the presence of the Asian giant in trade and investments in the Aztec country and the limits to this relationship due to its alignment with its northern neighbour.