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Mexico City

Head of State

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Head of Government

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador

last updated:

25 September, 2024

Donald Trump

Trump’s ‘America First’ agenda shifts towards imperialist rhetoric

Trump’s rhetoric, reminiscent of 19th-century colonialism, has alarmed allies and emboldened adversaries, raising concerns about the potential for conflict.

10 Jan 2025 - 1:33AMvideocam

Donald Trump

Mexico’s president trolls Trump, suggests US be renamed ‘Mexican America’

9 Jan 2025 - 4:51AMvideocam

US-China relations

Trump may declare national emergency so he can impose tariff plan: US report

9 Jan 2025 - 4:52AMvideocam

US-China relations

Citing China, Trump won’t rule out military action over Panama Canal, Greenland

In extraordinary remarks, US president-elect also threatens Canada again with high tariffs as he proposes annexing it as 51st American state.

8 Jan 2025 - 10:42PMvideocam

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US president-elect Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at his private residence Mar-a-Lago in Florida on Tuesday. Photo: AP

TikTok

TikTok expands e-commerce operation into Mexico amid potential US ban

TikTok Shop’s geographic expansion south of the United States shows it is undeterred by Washington’s ‘sell-or-ban’ law.

6 Jan 2025 - 6:00PM

E-commerce

Mexico unveils new tariffs that may put Shein, Temu in the crosshairs

Goods that enter Mexico from countries that do not have an international treaty with Mexico will be subject to a duty of 19 per cent.

1 Jan 2025 - 11:33AM

US-China relations

Trump’s pick of Rubio as top US diplomat leaves Latin America bracing

Long-time outspoken China critic raises concerns in region he might press governments to choose sides between Washington and Beijing.

31 Dec 2024 - 3:29AMvideocam

Donald Trump and Marco Rubio share the stage at a campaign rally in Raleigh, North Carolina, on November 4, a day before the former US president won a second term. Photo: AP

US-China relations

What fate awaits undocumented Chinese migrants in the US under Trump?

President-elect’s plan unlikely to affect recent wave of border crossers who entered during the Biden administration, at least initially.

25 Dec 2024 - 11:13PMvideocam

United States

Outside In | Does Trump’s tariff-happy team realise China is playing weiqi, not chess?

Much depends on how successfully Trump seduces leaders away from multilateral rule-making and how firmly China resists the siren call of bilateralism.

21 Dec 2024 - 8:05AMvideocam

Canada

Facing Trump tariff threat, Canada announces new border funding

Canada boosts funding for agencies like the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to target southbound border-crossers.

17 Dec 2024 - 11:51AMvideocam

Security cameras on the Canadian side of the Canada-US border. Photo: Reuters

Chinese overseas

Reporter’s note: How a mall in Mexico became a flashpoint in US-China rivalry

The fierce economic competition between the US and China has had many casualties - even a shopping centre in the heart of Mexico City.

14 Dec 2024 - 10:00PMvideocam

Mexican authorities raid the Plaza Izazaga 89 shopping centre on November 28. Photo: Reuters

Donald Trump

Trump says he will use military for deportations to fullest extent of law

He also plans to pull resources from across federal government for the deportation effort and declare a national emergency.

13 Dec 2024 - 12:16AMvideocam

Donald Trump

Editorial | Trump a good reason for China, Japan thaw

Crisis of trust between two countries with fragile economies has to be overcome for both their sakes.

11 Dec 2024 - 11:50PM

Donald Trump

Trump aides contact Google, Meta, Snap over online drug sales: reports

Trump has vowed to get Mexico to do more to stop flow of fentanyl to US and threatened to impose tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada.

9 Dec 2024 - 3:55PM

US president-elect Donald Trump. Photo: The Philadelphia Inquirer / TNS

Hong Kong economy

Opinion | Can Hong Kong reclaim its role as Asia’s gateway to the Americas?

As China expands trade and investment in Latin America, a proactive Hong Kong should seize the opportunity to connect all parties involved.

6 Dec 2024 - 9:30AM

Ursula Desilu Leon Chempen (left), Peru’s foreign trade and tourism minister, and Algernon Yau Ying-wah (right), Hong Kong’s commerce and economic development secretary, sign a free-trade agreement in Lima, Peru, on November 16. Photo: Handout

Donald Trump

Mexico seeks deal with Trump to avoid deported migrants from other countries

Mexico’s president wants the US to deport non-Mexican migrants directly to their home countries as mass crackdown looms.

6 Dec 2024 - 10:12AM

Donald Trump

Trump says Canada could be 51st US state. A Canadian minister says he was joking

The US president-elect made the remarks in jest during a dinner with PM Justin Trudeau, says Dominic LeBlanc, who was at the event.

4 Dec 2024 - 1:50PMvideocam

US-China relations

Opinion | Why no country is safe from Trump’s pro-tariff agenda

Trump’s challenge to global trading norms fits with his agenda of undermining consensus and punishing US trading partners individually.

3 Dec 2024 - 8:30PMvideocam

Alibaba

Alibaba Cloud aims high in Southeast Asia with new AI partners

China’s leading cloud services provider is prioritising investments in its operations across Indonesia, Thailand and other markets.

3 Dec 2024 - 6:30PM

Donald Trump

Canada ambassador says Trump-Trudeau dinner key to getting tariffs removed

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with US President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Friday after Trump’s tariff threat.

2 Dec 2024 - 4:14PMvideocam

Donald Trump

Trump says Canada PM Trudeau pledged action on border after tariff threat

The two leaders spoke during a ‘productive’ three-hour dinner that also covered topics like China, Ukraine, fentanyl and the Middle East.

1 Dec 2024 - 3:15AMvideocam

Canada

Canada’s Trudeau dines with Trump in Florida amid tariff threats

The unannounced visit comes days after the US president-elect threatened Ottawa with import tariffs once he takes office.

30 Nov 2024 - 12:12PMvideocam

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (right) with Donald Trump in Washington in 2019. Photo: AFP

Americas and the Caribbean

Mexico raids stores selling counterfeit Chinese goods, vows national crackdown

The operation comes soon after Trump’s tariff threat, and amid concerns that Chinese goods are flowing through Mexico to flood the US market.

30 Nov 2024 - 4:44AMvideocam

China trade

Mexico scrambles to reassure Chinese investors amid Trump tariff threats

Many in China are worried that Mexico will cave to US pressure to clamp down on Chinese-funded factories.

28 Nov 2024 - 11:06PMvideocam

Donald Trump

Asia likely to snap up cheaper Canadian, Mexican oil if Trump slaps tariffs

Producers could be forced to cut prices and divert supply to Asia, where refiners are equipped to process heavy high-sulphur crude.

28 Nov 2024 - 11:02AMvideocam

Pumpjacks draw out oil and gas from well heads in Alberta, Canada. Photo: AP

Donald Trump

Trump says Mexico’s president agreed to ‘stop’ US-bound migration after his tariff threat

Donald Trump and Claudia Sheinbaum give slightly different accounts of their ‘wonderful conversation’ about migration amid US tariff plans.

28 Nov 2024 - 2:31PMvideocam

Donald Trump

Canada considering retaliatory tariffs on US items following Trump threat

Canada mulls retaliatory tariffs on US goods as Trump threatens sweeping levies on Canadian products.

28 Nov 2024 - 10:34AMvideocam

Donald Trump

Mexico’s Sheinbaum hints she could retaliate against Trump tariffs

Meanwhile, Canada’s Trudeau says he had a ‘good’ conversation with the US president-elect after the latter’s surprise tariff threat.

27 Nov 2024 - 11:55AMvideocam

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