China Trade Faces Another Threat

Now Mexico has joined the United States and others and turned against China trade.

10/5/2025|Updated: 10/5/2025

Commentary

The world seems to be lining up against China. Mexico has joined the United States and the European Union with plans to place tariffs on Chinese-made products.

Milton Ezrati is a contributing editor at The National Interest, an affiliate of the Center for the Study of Human Capital at the University at Buffalo (SUNY), and chief economist for Vested, a New York-based communications firm. Before joining Vested, he served as chief market strategist and economist for Lord, Abbett & Co. He also writes frequently for City Journal and blogs regularly for Forbes. His latest book is “Thirty Tomorrows: The Next Three Decades of Globalization, Demographics, and How We Will Live.”