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Mexico avoids recession despite tariff uncertainty

Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during her daily press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City on January 28, 2025. [AFP]

Mexico's economy returned to growth in the first quarter of 2025, avoiding a recession despite deep uncertainty over US President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs, official data showed Wednesday.

Gross domestic product (GDP) grew 0.2 percent from the fourth quarter of 2024, when Latin America's second-largest economy had contracted for the first time in three years, national statistics agency INEGI reported.

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