President Donald Trump’s new tariff hikes on Canada and Mexico will affect many states and congressional districts he won in the November election — starting with Texas.
The Lone Star State, which Trump captured with 56 percent of the vote in 2024, is especially vulnerable to tariffs on Mexican goods. Its two-way trade with Mexico was $272 billion in 2023, or about one-third of total U.S.-Mexican trade that year.
Texas imported nearly $142.7 billion of Mexican goods, including computer equipment, auto parts, autos, oil and gas and electrical equipment and components.
It also exported nearly $130 billion worth of goods to its southern neighbor, including petroleum and coal products, semiconductors, oil and gas, computer equipment and auto parts.
