Washington Names More Than 40 Countries, Including Mexico, in a China Transshipment Crackdown

The White House has published a report titled 'The Great Transshipment Scam', accusing more than 40 countries of helping China route goods past US tariffs. Mexico and Canada are both named, putting Latin America's biggest exporter at the center of a new front in the US-China trade war. Goods found to have been rerouted to hide their Chinese origin already face an extra 40% US tariff, and a separate order this week set a 100% tariff on certain drones. Here is what transshipment means, why…