US-Mexico trade talks stall over steel and aluminum tariffs

The procedural wrinkle matters as much as the substance: a shift in who leads the US side, and proposals that miss Mexican concerns, suggests the bottleneck is internal US positioning rather than the tariff question itself. For cross-border manufacturers and metals supply chains, the delay extends the period of tariff-inclusive cost planning. Whether the talks resume on the same track after the midterms, or whether leadership changes again, is the open question worth watching.