U.S. Loses Trade Deal with Mexico Over Tuna, Costing Country $163 Million

After news came of the Trump administration failing to pass an executive order to cut funding from "sanctuary cities," his administration managed to lose a trade battle with Mexico. The reason: tuna fish. Because the administration lost the battle, the cost will be $163 million dollars in sanctions pressed by the World Trade Organization. The organization ruled in favor of Mexico, allowing them to push trade sanctions that will cost the US close to 200 million dollars. That amount of money is how much Mexico lost from the United States unjustly inflicting a penalty on Mexican tuna.

Before this loss, officials in Mexico said that laws in the United States discriminated against the tuna they produced, and that other countries participating in trading with the US did not face the same amount of scrutiny. The United States made it clear that any Mexican tuna to be sold US stores and shops had to be "dolphin safe," which means no dolphins were harmed by fisherman. The loss of the trade battle with Mexico is another situation to add to the list of issues Trump has been facing since being in office, which is especially troubling considering his decisions made against the environment as well as other countries in his first 100 days.