Northern Mexico's maquiladora industry on edge at announcement of steel tariffs outside T-MEC
epa11476843 Employees work in a maquiladora (manufacturing plant) in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, 13 July 2024. Industrialists and foreign trade specialists indicated that the announcement of a US tariff on steel and aluminum of non-T-MEC origin is a serious threat to the maquiladora industry, which represents 48 percent of formal employment in the main towns along the border strip. EPA/Luis Torres
