Looming Tariffs On Mexican Goods Bound For U.S. Strain U.S.-Mexico Relations

Jay Munoz sorts boxes of material used to assemble products at the Cesar-Scott El Paso facility on June 04, 2019 in El Paso, Texas. Among other items, Cesar-Scott manufactures wire harnesses that, once assembled, are then shipped to the Cesar-Scott wire harness facility in Ciudad, Juarez and assembled in to “switch” harnesses that are then shipped back to the USA as finished product for its customers for further assembly into their gas stove cooking appliances. Cesar Gustavo Farell, president of Cesar-Scott said he is very concerned about the possibility of US-imposed tariffs on goods imported from Mexico, as his company would have no choice but to pass the tariff costs on these imported items to the buyers of his products, who may in fact be building their gas stoves in Mexico and thus paying the Trump tariffs again. Consumers would likely end up paying more for this and other products that are built together with Mexico, which may cross the border several times in their build process. (Footage by Joe Raedle / Getty Images)