Trump threatens to double tariffs on Mexican goods over migrant caravans, and Sheinbaum rebuts the claim

Summary

President Donald Trump threatened to double tariffs on goods from Mexico 'immediately' if the country did not stop what Trump claimed were migrant caravans preparing to head to the US, ratcheting up trade tensions with a major economic partner, Bloomberg reported on Thursday 12 November. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum rebutted Trump, saying no migrant caravans have reached the U.S. border since Trump returned to office in 2025, The Philadelphia Inquirer and ABC News reported. Sheinbaum said a caravan of about 600 migrants traveling through the southern state of Chiapas had largely dispersed after its members were told that reaching the United States would be 'very difficult', according to the LA Times.

Latest: President Donald Trump threatened to double tariffs on goods from Mexico 'immediately' if the country did not stop what Trump claimed were migrant caravans preparing to head to the US, Bloomberg reported, and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum rebutted Trump, saying no migrant caravans have reached the U.S. border since Trump returned to office in 2025, The Philadelphia Inquirer and ABC News reported, the LA Times writing that Sheinbaum said a caravan of about 600 migrants traveling through Chiapas had largely dispersed.

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