San Diego impact of tariffs on products from Mexico and Canada NBC 7 San Diego [Video]

Goods from all over the world pass through California’s ports of entry each day. It’s a trade agreement with Mexico that has kept the flow of commerce going for three decades. So how does a 25% tariff on imports change the game?

“Twenty-five percent is too much,” truck driver Edmundo Rojo said.

Rojo says he’s been hauling goods from China that he picks up in Long Beach to Mexico for 33 years. He says business has already slowed.

Joaquin Luken, executive director for the Smart Border Coalition, says that in this case, the cure could be worse than the disease.

“The importer is just going to order less items from the exporter that creates an economic slowdown,” Luken said.

There are three commercial land ports of entry in Southern California. By far the busiest is Otay Mesa. Luken says of the 6,000 semi-trucks that go through those ports, 4,000 to …