Chipotle opens first Mexico restaurant as Trump drops Hormuz fee plan
Trump scrapped a 20% Hormuz fee a day after floating it, while Chipotle prepared its first Mexico opening and CDC tracked a fast-growing cyclospora outbreak.
Donald Trump dropped a plan to charge a 20% fee on cargo shipped through the Strait of Hormuz just one day after announcing it. The waterway carries about a fifth of the world’s oil, and the International Maritime Organization opposes transit fees there.
The fee idea had drawn immediate skepticism because it was never clear how the charge would be calculated, collected or enforced against ships that refused to pay. The proposal would have collided with international law and longstanding U.S. support for freedom of navigation. One estimate put the levy at about $34 million per tanker, based on a ship carrying roughly $172 million of crude. The reversal followed several days of escalating violence in the region and Iranian attacks on commercial shipping.
Chipotle Mexican Grill was preparing to open its first restaurant in Mexico on Thursday in San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León, part of the Monterrey metropolitan area. The company is opening the location with Alsea and plans additional restaurants in Nuevo León later this year, with Mexico City expansion targeted for 2027.
As of July 13, the CDC had reported more than 400 people infected with Cyclospora in a multistate outbreak tied to Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky, with symptoms beginning on or after June 22. Since May 1, the CDC has received reports of 1,645 confirmed domestic cyclosporiasis cases and more than 5,100 additional cases that still need analysis to determine whether they were acquired in the United States.
Cyclospora is often underdiagnosed and underreported, so the true case count is higher than the reported totals. Outbreaks are commonly linked to fresh produce, the illness usually peaks in the U.S. between May and August, and person-to-person spread is highly unlikely. Cases can last for weeks and cause severe watery diarrhea.
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