Mexico faces a deficit – and Donald Trump

Mexico faces a deficit – and Donald Trump

Mexico’s new president Claudia Sheinbaum is pursuing an ambitious agenda for her country. It promises a better standard of living for Mexicans. But investors in the country’s economy have their concerns – and now there’s a new threat on the horizon: US President Donald Trump. The FT’s Mexico and Central America correspondent Christine Murray explains how Sheinbaum will navigate the nation’s economic path forward.


Clip from Global News


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For further reading:

Mexico’s new president digs in with radical ideas as Trump threat looms

Mexico pledges to shrink trade deficit with China in nod to Donald Trump

Mexico’s first female president to take power under mentor’s shadow

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Follow Christine Murray on X (@chrissiemurray). Michela Tindera is on X (@mtindera07) and Bluesky (@mtindera.bsky.social), or follow her on LinkedIn for updates about the show and more.


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