# 2025-02479: Mexico Gets Tariff Reprieve: Southern Border Fight Paused Till March

2025-02479, Progress on the Situation at Our Southern Border, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2025-02-10, effective 2025-03-04; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-03).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-02479
- As of: 2026-11-03
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-02479
- Title: Progress on the Situation at Our Southern Border
- Type: Presidential Document
- Agencies: Executive Office of the President
- Citation: 90 FR 9185
- Published: 2025-02-10
- Effective: 2025-03-04
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-03

## In one line

Mexico Gets Tariff Reprieve: Southern Border Fight Paused Till March

## Summary

The U.S. government is pressing pause on new 25% tariffs against Mexico to see if Mexico’s recent efforts to fight drug trafficking and illegal migration work. This affects trade and border security, giving Mexico until March 4, 2025, to prove progress before tariffs kick in. It’s a smart move to protect the economy while encouraging real action on border safety.

## Effects PRIA read

- 25% Mexico Tariff Paused Until March 4: benefit, medium. The Executive Order pauses the additional 25 percent ad valorem tariff on articles that are products of Mexico and delays the tariff taking effect until March 4, 2025 at 12:01 a.m. eastern time. During the pause, the government will continue to assess progress by Mexico before deciding whether to i…
- Exceptions for In-Transit Goods Withdrawn: cost, medium. The Order withdraws the exceptions that had applied to covered goods loaded onto a vessel at a port of entry or in transit on the final mode of transport prior to entry into the United States. That change removes those previously-stated exceptions from the related February 1, 2025 Executive Order.
- Tariffs Can Be Immediately Implemented If Conditions Worsen: cost, high. The Order states that if illegal migration and illicit drug crises worsen or if the Government of Mexico fails to take sufficient steps, the President shall take necessary steps including immediate implementation of the tariffs described in the February 1, 2025 Executive Order. That means the 25 pe…

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## Sources
- [2025-02479 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/02/10/2025-02479/progress-on-the-situation-at-our-southern-border)
- [2025-02479 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-02-10/pdf/2025-02479.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-02479 (as of 2026-11-03).