Right now both main Mexican Airlines are all Boeing, with Aeromexico have 71 Boeing Aircraft and Mexicana having 79 Boeing Aircraft?

Both Airlines are heavily subsidized by the Mexican Government. If you were were Mexico, wouldn't you STOP buying Boeing, and buy European AIrbus from now on?

Its a lot more complicated that that.

Below are Mexico's top 10 exports.

1) Vehicles: US$115.5 billion (25.6% of total exports)

2) Electrical machinery, equipment: $81.9 billion (18.2%)

3) Machinery including computers: $75.4 billion (16.7%)

4) Mineral fuels including oil: $29.7 billion (6.6%)

5) Optical, technical, medical apparatus: $19 billion (4.2%)

6) Furniture, bedding, lighting, signs, prefab buildings: $10.6 billion (2.4%)

7) Plastics, plastic articles: $9.5 billion (2.1%)

8) Vegetables: $7.2 billion (1.6%)

9) Articles of iron or steel: $6.7 billion (1.5%)

10) Gems, precious metals: $6.7 billion (1.5%)

That's $362.2B in exports. Trump's 5% tariff means an additional $18.1B in costs, most of which will be passed on to US consumers because TARIFFS ARE A TAX ON CONSUMERS. Plus, the significant majority of these exports come from AMERICAN COMPANIES WITH OPERATIONS IN MEXICO.

So here's what Trump has accomplished - he's hurting US companies by imposing tariffs on them, and hurting US consumers by making them pay for it.

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