{"id":"1794446224310-news-segment","slug":"mexico-s-steel-crackdown-pays-off","title":"Mexico's steel crackdown pays off","summary":"Mexico's deputy economy minister said the crackdown on Asian steel shipments is paying off, citing cancellation of about 1,100 mill registrations and an 80% cut in steel imports from Vietnam in some months, as US tariff talks advance.\n\nWorld Bank data for 2023 manufacturing value added (current US$) shows China $4.66 trillion, US $2.50 trillion, Germany $838.89 billion, India $461.38 billion, South Korea $416.39 billion, Mexico $358.92 billion, Italy $353.62 billion, France $297.00 billion. 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Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Brian","text":"Mexico says its crackdown on Asian steel shipments is working, and that's a big deal for the tariff fight with Washington."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Working how? They've been talking about this for months."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Reuters is reporting the deputy economy minister says they've cancelled about eleven hundred mill registrations, and steel imports from Vietnam dropped eighty percent in some months."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That's a real number. So Mexico is actually enforcing, not just promising."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And it comes as the US tariff talks are advancing. Mexico's trying to show good faith."},{"host":"Bella","text":"I'll give them credit—eighty percent is not a rounding error. That's a policy."},{"host":"Brian","text":"The question is whether Washington buys it. The steel lobby has long complained about transshipment."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And if Mexico can prove it's serious, that changes the whole negotiation. It's leverage."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Different world entirely: the climate summit in Turkey this week, and the big names are staying home."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Shocking. Another climate gabfest with no actual leaders."},{"host":"Brian","text":"A post from Latimer Alder says Xi, Modi, Trump, Macron, Carney, and Merz are all no-shows."},{"host":"Bella","text":"I can't confirm that list, but the gist is right—these summits have become a sideshow."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And that's the story, isn't it? The people who actually run the world's biggest economies don't bother showing up."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Because they know the real decisions happen in bilateral meetings, not in a room full of bureaucrats."},{"host":"Brian","text":"But here's the counter: if they don't show up, the whole thing becomes a talking shop with no teeth."},{"host":"Bella","text":"It already is a talking shop. That's why they're not there."},{"host":"Brian","text":"No, come on—climate is the one issue that needs global coordination. You can't just skip it."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And what did the last thirty summits achieve? A lot of speeches and a lot of private jets."},{"host":"Brian","text":"That's exactly the problem! If the leaders don't show, nothing changes."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Maybe the leaders have decided the summit itself is the problem. Too much talk, not enough action."},{"host":"Brian","text":"I think that's a cop-out. Walking away doesn't fix anything."},{"host":"Bella","text":"You don't fix it by flying to Turkey for a photo op either."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Fair point. But I still think absence is a failure, not a strategy."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Agree to disagree. Meanwhile, here's a number that puts things in perspective."},{"host":"Brian","text":"World Bank data for 2023 manufacturing output: China four point six six trillion dollars. The US two point five trillion."},{"host":"Bella","text":"So China makes almost double what we do. That's the real climate argument—they're reportedly building coal plants while we debate."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And Germany's at eight hundred thirty-eight billion, India four sixty-one. The gap is enormous."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Which is why the tariff fight with Mexico matters. We're trying to rebuild supply chains."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And that's the connection—Mexico cracking down on Asian steel is part of a bigger push to bring manufacturing back."},{"host":"Bella","text":"One more from the wires: tens of thousands joined Poland's nationalist Independence Day march in Warsaw."},{"host":"Brian","text":"That's a huge crowd. Nationalism is not going away in Europe."},{"host":"Bella","text":"It's a reminder that the political center of gravity is shifting, and not in the direction the Brussels crowd wants."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And that's the show tonight—tariffs, climate, and the politics of who actually shows up."}]}