How Trump’s Trade War Is Hitting Mexico’s Economic Prospects (1)

Luis García’s orchard is on the outskirts of Morelia, a city in the heart of central Mexico’s avocado belt, but its fortunes are tethered to consumers thousands of miles away in the US.

Whenever the outlookdarkens there, as it did early this year after US President Donald Trumpunleashed his trade war, his company’s fruit sales have come to a halt for a week or two — and some of his employees have gone unpaid. “US buyers are always on edge,” said García, the chief executive of Empaque MexFrut, which has about 30 employees. “Every time Trump says he is ...