Originally published at: Tariffs, enforcement and cargo theft reshape U.S.–Mexico trade in 2025 - FreightWaves
Mexico remained the United States’ largest trading partner in 2025, but policy shifts and enforcement crackdowns reshaped cross-border commerce.
Fighting with one’s closest neighbor is rarely a winning proposition. Or cheating their kids working over here. Memories are long and economic gradients have a hydraulic-like pressure for moulding and reforming supply chains and policies regardless of ideology.
Trying to cement second class status with all the ‘send them back’ rhetoric and variety of federal harassment may have more than a single news cycle impact…