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#192 Mexico is Giving Trump What he Wants. Is it Working?
New tariff threats. Emergency premiers' meetings. Daily political panic.
Noor Azrieh
Host/Producer
Sam Konnert
Producer/Host
Aviva Lessard
Senior Producer
Caleb Thompson
Audio Editor
Jesse Brown
Host & Publisher

Canada’s relationship with Donald Trump feels like it’s one big, messy, public fight. Meanwhile, Mexico seems… strangely calm. Has President Claudia Sheinbaum figured out how to deal with Trump in a way we haven’t? Host Noor Azrieh talks to journalist David Agren, who has covered Mexico for more than two decades, about Trump’s latest tariff threats, the CUSMA negotiations, and whether there’s actually something Canada can learn from Mexico, or whether the story is a lot more complicated than we think.

 

Host: Noor Azrieh

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Senior Producer), Sam Konnert (Host/Producer), Noor Azrieh (Host/Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Tristan Capacchione (Senior Production Supervisor), Jesse Brown (Editor), Tony Wang (Artwork)

 

Guests: David Agren

 

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