How a 20% Mexico tariff could cost US shoppers

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Mexico sent $295 billion worth of goods across the U.S. border in 2015, the office of the Trade Representative says. "Fresh vegetables purchased from Mexico totaled $4.8 billion in 2015, according to the office of the Trade Representative. The U.S. has made use of services from Mexico in transportation, travel, technology and other industries. But cars are far from the only product that U.S. importers bring in from Mexico. "Consider the impact on American consumers of a 20% hike in the cost of foods such as bananas, mangoes and other products that we simply cannot grow in the United States.