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People are in a state of limbo in Ciudad Juárez, along the Texas-Mexico border.
Twenty-five percent tariffs on Mexican imports were supposed to go into effect on Tuesday, and border cities like Ciudad Juárez were set to be the most affected.
Decades of cross-border trade have molded the economy there, building out big factories dedicated to producing auto parts and tech parts sent to the United States.
Business leaders say that the industry drives the vast majority of jobs in Ciudad Juárez, so tariffs would be crippling.
But Mexico’s President announced on Monday that she had struck a deal to put tariff threats in pause for a month.
In exchange, Mexico would send 10,000 troops to the border and crack down on fentanyl trafficking to appease Trump.