# Trump Threatens Double Mexico Tariffs

> Trump vows to double Mexico tariffs if migrant caravans aren't stopped.
- Title: Trump Threatens Double Mexico Tariffs · The Rio Times
- Summary: Trump vows to double Mexico tariffs if migrant caravans aren't stopped. Trump threatened to double Mexico's tariffs immediately if it didn't stop migrant…
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- Source: The Rio Times — https://riotimesonline.com/trump-threatens-double-mexico-tariffs-migrant-caravans
- Author: Contributing Reporter
- Published: 2026-11-12T15:56:53+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: migrant caravans, tariffs, usmca, mexico, president claudia sheinbaum, trump, mexican national guard, us border patrol, ice, section 301 tariffs, news, world
## Trump's Warning
President Donald Trump threatened to double Mexico tariffs immediately if migrant caravans were not stopped.

> Trump wrote on Truth Social that large migrant caravans had started a march through Mexico. He said Mexico must stop them now.
## Current Tariffs
Mexico faces a 10% duty on goods outside the USMCA, set since July 2026 under Section 301.

> Since Friday 24 July 2026, Mexican products pay an extra 10% tariff under Section 301.
## Caravan Size
About 1,500 Central American migrants left Tapachula on Tuesday 10 November, though counts vary.

> According to a Chiapas state government source, about 1,500 people, mostly Central Americans, left Tapachula, near the Guatemala border, on Tuesday 10 November.
## Mexico's Response
President Claudia Sheinbaum said no caravan reached the northern border since Trump took office and only 100 people remain in one group.

> She said no migrant caravan has reached the northern border since Trump took office.
## Trade Impact
US goods imports from Mexico reached $534.3 billion in 2025, with Mexico's economy growing only 0.5%.

> US goods imports from Mexico reached US$534.3 billion in 2025, against US$337.3 billion of exports.
## Tariff Threat Details
Trump's post names no deadline, tariff rate, or legal tool, with no decree issued yet.

> The post sets no deadline and names no tariff, no rate and no legal tool. No decree or order has been issued so far.
## Next Steps
US and Mexico will meet for trade talks in early July 2026, with no agreement announced.

> On Wednesday 1 July 2026, USTR said 'the USMCA is not renewed', yet the pact 'remains in force pending resolution of these issues'.
## Mexico's Stance
Mexico's immigration institute and National Guard accompany migrants rather than repress them.

> She said Mexico’s immigration institute (INM) and the National Guard, Mexico’s federal security force, accompany migrants rather than repress them.
## What's Next
The US must issue a legal decree to double tariffs before they take effect.

> The first checkpoint is any White House or USTR decree, because a post has no legal force until a notice names a tariff and a rate.
## Unanswered Questions
It is unknown which tariff Trump means to double or when the action will happen.

> It is not known whether or when a tariff would be imposed, which tariff would be doubled, or under which legal tool.
## Key takeaway

Trump threatened to double Mexico's tariffs immediately if it didn't stop migrant caravans, as US-Mexico trade talks continued.