April 2 is a date that looms large for Latin America. It’s the day that the Trump administration will initiate reciprocal tariffs globally and tariffs on automobiles. This is after the application of 25% tariffs on many goods coming from Mexico and Canada in March. What will this changing trade landscape mean for Latin America? Kellie Meiman Hock, a senior counselor at McLarty Associates, explains the main drivers behind this shift in U.S. trade policy and what Trump’s new tariffs mean for the countries across the region.

Read more about the Trump administration’s approach to trade:

• AS/COA Online’s Tracking Trump and Latin America: Trade https://www.as-coa.org/articles/tracking-trump-and-latin-america-trade-tariffs-countries-importing-venezuelan-oil
• The Americas Quarterly article by Marcelo Claver Carone that Kellie Meiman Hock mentioned during the interview https://www.americasquarterly.org/article/trumps-vision-make-the-americas-grow-again/

Get all the analysis on the Trump administration’s actions toward Latin America: https://www.as-coa.org/content/trump-administration-latin-america

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