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Trump threatens to immediately double tariffs on Mexico unless it halts migrant caravan
What happened
President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday, November 12, to immediately double tariffs on Mexico if it does not stop a migrant caravan of about 1,500 people heading for the U.S. border. In a Truth Social post, Trump wrote: 'MEXICO MUST STOP THEM, NOW, and if they do not do so, the Tariffs on Mexico will be IMMEDIATELY DOUBLED.' The caravan, mostly from Central America, set off on Tuesday from Tapachula near the Guatemalan border. Trump gave no deadline and did not say which tariff rates would be doubled, and Mexico had not publicly responded by Thursday morning.
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- Mexico-exposed equities — automakers with Mexican production (GM, Ford) and manufacturers with Mexican supply chains face a renewed tariff risk premium; broader U.S. equities — a fresh tariff threat adds trade-policy uncertainty on top of the day's Nvidia and Iran headlines. Energy/oil — no direct link; the threat is a trade/border story, not a supply story.