Subj : US tariff retaliation
To : Nightfox
From : Arelor
Date : Thu Mar 13 2025 07:51 pm
Re: US tariff retaliation
By: Nightfox to Mickey on Sun Mar 09 2025 06:11 pm
> That's what I thought too, but I suppose if a country isn't doing much to
> stop bad things from going into another country, that could look bad for
> that country. In the US, I think there's an impression that there are a lot
> of drugs that come into the US from Mexico, and perhaps Trump's thought is
> that if they can help prevent drugs from leaving their country, that would
> be more effective than just the US border patrol dealing with it.
Well, for the most part a country not letting "bad stuff" pass through it on the way to another country is not a matter of image, it is a matter of practicality.
I mean, Morocco is badly impacted when drugs and gangs and whatever go up through it on their way to Europe. No King or Pripe Minister wants to deal with that crap in their country unless they are getting their cut. Morocco might use some of this as a political bargaining chip in international affairs (ie. "Give us a better tomato export deal or we might let more immigrants go up north!") but that is far from the default position.
Something similar happens with Mexico. Mexicans might complain that North Americans are racist, but you should see the low consideration Mexicans themselves have towards people from Guatemala trying to go north through Mexico.
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