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Originally Posted by Hugh

btw, previous attempts by the USA (and other countries) to impose extra "import" taxes didn't end well (under WTO rulings).

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/28/bord...retaliate.html

Well at least you have some idea why Trump is desperately trying to undermine the WTO now.

It doesn't really matter who actually pays as long as it can be presented as Mexico paying. The barely a third of the US that support this policy are unlikely to have any interest in the actual facts and will simply proclaim anything that doesn't agree with their world view as fake news.