Mexico’s president hosted senior Canadian ministers for talks after both countries were hit with new tariff threats last week.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has extradited cartel leaders, deployed troops to the border — and remained calm. So far, it’s worked.

USMCA origins and exemptions It dates back to Trump's first term, when he struck a deal with the two neighboring countries, exempting them from certain tariffs. That agreement led to the 2020 launch of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement,