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Mexico can't stop America from doing that. They also can't stop America from charging tariffs and taxing Americans to pay for Trump's hair treatments. Mexico has no control over America's tariff and taxation policy, that's run by the US government, and is ultimately only accountable to the American people.What Mexico can, and absolutely will do, is retaliate by imposing tariffs on American goods, effectively kicking off a trade war which will hurt both countries. American farmers, ranchers, manufacturers, etc., who sell things to Mexico will lose business, and some will go out of business. American consumers will pay more for everything from gas to grapes, and American manufacturers who buy materials and components from Mexico (and there are many), will find their expenses going up. Some will have lay offs or go out of business.As for the taxation, if Trump can convince a Republican congress to raise taxes, Mexico has no say in it. I mean, to 100% certainty it will increase the market for illegal smuggling of money and other financial interests across international borders. Some of the more tech-savvy organizations might use BitCoin, or some other digital currency. America will likely try to crack down on this, occasionally confiscate an envelope of money to wave around on the news as a sign they're doing their job, but the additional federal money gained from this program will probably be less than the additional money we have to spend on border enforcement just chasing the dark money. But that's ultimately a US thing. Sure, it would be hypocritical of a Republican congress to raise federal taxes, but hypocrisy has never stopped them before. And it would have massive political backlash from every American with friends or relatives in Mexico who wants to send them money for any reason. But this administration has basically written of the support of everyone with Mexican ties in the entire US, so that's probably not such a big thing.So, if destruction of trade and onerous taxes on the poorest of our workers is what Trump wants to build his wall on, all Pena can do is try to tie his country closer with other, more reasonable global powers.