Suppliers to Mexico factories worry about Trump's pending tariffs, especially on the automotive industry, at annual El Paso manufacturing trade show.

BORDERLINE: Gov. JB Pritzker is leaving Sunday for a four-day trade mission to Mexico that coincidentally dovetails with President Donald Trump imposing stiff tariffs on its U.S. neighbor. The trip, with its 70-member delegation, had been planned before tariffs dominated the headlines, according to the governor’s office.

Latin America’s second-biggest economy depends heavily on its commercial relationship with its northern neighbor — its top trading partner by a wide margin.Following a one-month postponement, US President Donald Trump imposed a 25% levy on all imports from Mexico on March 4 — only to hit the brakes just two days later and apply a waiver on the vast majority of goods.