How Tariffs Made MEXICO Great Again

We bought a Hisense TV, a Chinese brand. But the label on the back said: Made in Mexico. In this episode of Business Explains The World, we follow that label from markets in Mexico City to the factories of Nuevo León to find out how the trade war helped push Chinese manufacturing into Mexico — and why many of those goods now enter the US tariff-free. Get a 20% discount on your first month of Lovable Pro: https://lovable.link/dynamo2026 Check out the tool we built here: https://why-so-expensive.lovable.app See behind-the-scenes insights and clips on our Substack: https://dynamoinyourinbox.substack.com/ 0:00 Chinese TV, Made In Mexico 1:00 Inside China’s factory boom in Mexico 1:35 Following the TV to the border 2:42 Mexico City’s “barrio chino” 3:49 Chinese goods, Mexican labels 5:24 A tour of a Chinese industrial park 6:53 The Mexico-China-US triangle 8:47 NAFTA built the framework 10:29 Trump tariffs push factories next door 11:28 Trump’s 2025 Mexico tariff threat 12:02 USMCA “shield” loophole 12:33 2026 Supreme Court ruling 12:46 The USMCA review deadline in July, 2026 13:42 Trade finds a new route