Christopher Sherman

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Gun Makers Ask Court to Dismiss Mexican Government Lawsuit
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This photo shows one of many blue agave fields that line the roadsides in El Arenal, Jalisco state, Mexico. The Tequila Regulating Council said the U.S. imported $1.4 billion of tequila last year.
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Industry leaders say tariffs on tequila from Mexico could produce a loss of up to $859 million in sales and as many as 9,000 U.S. jobs.
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Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, from left, Mexico's Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal, and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, pose for a group photo at a press conference regarding the second round of NAFTA renegotiations in Mexico City. Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017.
Supply Chain
Round of NAFTA Talks Ends in Wage Spat
U.S. trade rep Robert Lighthizer says "it's our objective to have provisions that raise wage rates in Mexico."
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This April 28, 2017 photo shows a sign that says 'We're hiring' outside a Panasonic 'maquiladora' in an industrial park in Reynosa, Mexico, across the border from McAllen, Texas. A long-time factory worker said he worried that if maquila jobs decrease, the unemployed would fill the ranks of a drug cartels that control Mexican border towns.
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Border Towns Fear NAFTA Changes
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