Weekly civic intelligence report · v2.2
Mexico announced it would review potential tariffs on Chinese goods in response to Trump administration trade pressure. This reflects the ripple effects of US tariff policy on neighboring countries.
This event represents routine international trade negotiation theater with minimal constitutional implications. A-score of 3.3 reflects very limited constitutional damage: minor capture concerns (1.5) as trade policy potentially serves narrow interests, negligible election impact (0.5) and rule of law concerns (0.5). The policy_change mechanism and international scope provide modest multipliers (1.15×1.2), but base constitutional damage remains minimal at 2.5. B-score of 22.4 shows moderate hype: Layer 1 scores 38.5/100 with media-friendly trade war narrative (2.5) and novelty (2.0), Layer 2 scores 40/100 with pattern-matching to ongoing Trump tariff themes (2.5) and narrative pivot potential (2.0). Intentionality at 6/15 (0.55 weight) reflects standard bilateral negotiation posturing. Critical: This is Mexico announcing a REVIEW of POTENTIAL tariffs - no actual policy implemented, no constitutional mechanism engaged, purely preliminary diplomatic signaling. Falls well below A-score threshold of 25, lacks concrete constitutional mechanism, and exhibits classic noise indicators of routine trade policy announcements.
Monitor only if Mexico actually implements tariffs AND if implementation involves constitutional concerns (e.g., executive overreach, treaty violations, due process issues for affected parties). Current event is preliminary diplomatic positioning without constitutional substance.