# Mexico Hits U.S. Steel And Farm Products With Tariffs, Retaliating For Trump Move : The Two-Way : NPR

> Mexico has imposed tariffs of 15 to 25 percent on US steel and farm products, including pork, cheese, apples, potatoes and bourbon, in retaliation for US steel and aluminum tariffs. Mexico also suspended its preferential tariff treatment for US goods and said it will challenge the US at the WTO.

- Date: 2018-06-05 · published 2018-06-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Mexico · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64509-mexico-hits-u-s-steel-and-farm-products-with-tariffs-retaliating-for-trump-move
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Tariffs of 15 to 25 percent on US pork and other farm goods reduce US export demand for hogs and related products, a bearish signal for US hog prices and trade flows.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2018-05-31 | [Trump administration will put steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada, Mexico and the EU](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65224-trump-administration-will-put-steel-and-aluminum-tariffs-on-canada-mexico-and.md) | +2.2% | +9.8% |
| HOGS | 2018-06-22 | [China's Retaliation to Trump's Tariffs \| PIIE](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64584-china-s-retaliation-to-trump-s-tariffs-piie.md) | -0.2% | -12.9% |
| HOGS | 2018-06-08 | [Mexico: Mexico Applies Tariffs in Retaliation to Section 232 \| USDA Foreign Agricultural Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64510-mexico-mexico-applies-tariffs-in-retaliation-to-section-232-usda-foreign.md) | +5.0% | +6.6% |
| HOGS | 2018-06-15 | [China announces retaliatory tariffs on $34 billion worth of US goods, including agriculture products](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64398-china-announces-retaliatory-tariffs-on-34-billion-worth-of-us-goods-including.md) | +2.3% | -0.3% |
| HOGS | 2018-07-30 | [Tyson says tariffs and meat glut are eating into its profit](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64185-tyson-says-tariffs-and-meat-glut-are-eating-into-its-profit.md) | -7.3% | -22.7% |

## Sources

- npr.org: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/06/05/617053788/mexico-hits-u-s-steel-and-farm-products-with-tariffs-retaliating-for-trump-move

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