Canada and Mexico Rally Around Their Flags and Punch Back on Tariffs

The U.S. has long exerted an almost gravitational pull on its neighbors. Canada’s automobile industry is hardwired to that of the U.S. and people flit back and forth across the border to shop, visit or commute to work.

Large tracts of northern Mexico are populated by factories supplying the vast market a short distance across the border. Border towns including Ciudad Juárez and Reynosa still follow the U.S. clock while the rest of the country uses standard time year-round.