MEXICO CITY — Landing in the heart of Mexico in late January, in the throes of U.S. President Donald Trump’s muddled launch of a trade war with America’s neighbours, has been deeply unsettling. On the streets of Mexico City, the sense of foreboding is palpable.

Trump has set in motion a new kind of game that up-ends free trade in North America and destroys the 90 years of trade agreements since U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt and Canadian prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King signed off on a reciprocal trade agreement in 1935. Mexicans and Canadians are united in the need to make sense of the Trump 2.0 agenda.

"Canadians right now have to look at the possibilities,” my guide tells me. “Invest in Mexico, try to work with Latin American countries."{ai:summary}<p>In late January, the atmosphere in Mexico City reflects anxiety over President Trump's trade war with neighboring countries. His approach threatens to dismantle nearly a century of trade agreements, causing concern among Mexicans and Canadians about the future of North American trade relations.</p><p>The uncertainty surrounding Trump's policies has prompted both nations to seek clarity and unity in the face of potential economic upheaval. #economy</p>

'Mexico will survive': What Mexicans are telling me about Trump

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