us canada mexico trade
Feb
3
2025
A red cap labeled Make Inflation Great Again rests beside a sale sign with prices crossed out and rising to 17.50. The image links proposed tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico to increased consumer costs in early 2025.
Feb
2
2025
A political cartoon dated February 2, 2025, depicts the U.S. Capitol in ruins with broken pillars labeled 'PILLARS OF DEMOCRACY.' Two onlookers stand amid debris as one asks if egg prices have dropped. The image references ongoing debates over inflation, tariffs, and government changes following the 2024 election. Artist Dave Whamond uses destruction to highlight perceived costs of recent political decisions.
On February 2 2025 President Donald Trump announced new tariffs targeting Canadian and Mexican imports. The move immediately raised concerns in Ottawa about economic fallout and strained relations with close neighbors. Cartoonist Graeme MacKay depicts the three nations as floors in one shaky house with Trump fanning flames from below while Canadians react in alarm above.
Nov
30
2024
The cartoon shows Trump inside a circular wall labeled 'TARIFFS,' declaring he built the wall, with a figure marked 'CONSUMERS' puzzled that it's supposed to keep people out. Tags like trump, tariffs, threats, Mexico, Canada, China, trade, wall, prisoner, consumers underscore the irony. The image critiques how tariffs meant to protect against foreign threats from Mexico, Canada, and China end up trapping domestic consumers like prisoners. This visual metaphor draws on Trump's famous wall promise, flipping it to show trade policies harming those inside. The dry humor lies in the reversal, where the wall imprisons rather than excludes, commenting on economic fallout.
