Mexico managed to temporarily avoid President Trump’s threatened 25 percent tariffs by making promises on border security, but it is unclear if the country can fulfill its pledge.

Mexico and Canada have managed to avoid U.S. tariffs — for now — after their leaders came to last-minute agreements with President Trump. But barring another eleventh-hour deal, tariffs on goods from China were scheduled to go into force Tuesday, raising the specter of a trade war that could rile the global economy and punish American consumers.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Monday appeared to pass her biggest test yet on the world stage by winning breathing room from U.S. President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs, which risked ramming a wrecking ball through Mexico's economy.