If President Donald Trump moves ahead with plans for higher tariffs on products from Mexico, San Diego’s economy may need a major makeover.

It’s no biggie, the only thing at stake is the county’s $315 billion gross domestic product fueled by cross–border commerce and manufacturing.

How it works now: San Diego businesses rely on 60,000 workers, who live in Mexico and cross the border each day. Many products, like the iconic Toyota Tacoma truck and medical devices, cross the San Diego-Tijuana border multiple times as they’re being built.

Even without tariff hikes, business leaders are already wringing their hands over the higher cost of goods and labor shortages caused in part by Trump’s immigration crackdown.

South County Reporter Jim Hinch takes a crack at one of the biggest questions

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