Mexico Prepares Protectionist Measures Arguing that they should protect the local industry from dumping, the U.S. plans to impose temporary tariffs on imports of steel, textiles, and footwear. The tariffs that would be approved through the signing of presidential decrees would be valid for six months, which would be 15% for steel products, and 25% or 30% for imports of footwear and textiles. According to figures from the Trade Intelligence area at CentralAmericaData, between