Pritzker Heads to Mexico to Talk Trade as Trump Readies Tariffs

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker will lead a trade mission to Mexico next week as President Donald Trump prepares a new round of tariffs for what he calls a commercial “Liberation Day” for the US.

While the trip was planned before Trump’s plan to announce new duties on April 2, the timing is likely to brighten the political spotlight on Pritzker, a billionaire Democrat who is widely seen as having presidential aspirations for 2028. The governor has slammed trade tariffs as a tax on Americans.

Next week’s Illinois delegation will focus on agriculture, food processing, finance and manufacturing, and seek to ...