Mexico City – Mexico avoided the worst of the Trump tariff.
At least for now.
The Mexican authorities sent a message of relaxation that the Trump administration sent the highly anticipated “Liberation Day” tariff regime on Thursday after the announcement of the tariff regime and applied the import tax on the scores of nations around the world.
In the latest tasks, Mexico and Canada-Washington’s two largest trade partners, the first period of Trump, in 2020, the USA with the US ink ink ink.
The tariff attack from Washington was carved in the three nation trade agreements, but most of them remain intact-except for the 25% tariffs imposed on the Wire House’s automotive imports, steel and aluminums.
President Claudia Sheinbaum said to journalists at the Sabah News Conference, “He has been treated so far.” “Of course we want to get a better situation.”
On Thursday, Sobering News arrived in the announcement of their brands Jeep, Citroën and car manufacturer Stellantis. The company said it temporarily stopped production in some plants in Mexico and Canada due to its uncertainty.
Nevertheless, Mexico’s economic Minister Marcelo Ebrarard said that Mexico’s actions help to address Trump’s complaints and concerns, and that Mexico helps to talk with Washington. Mexico deployed troops to the US-Mexico border to control immigration and made efforts against the production and smuggling of fentanyl– Synthetic Opioid, turning dozens of desired drug smugglers into the United States.
Ebrard said that such movements help maintain more than 10 million jobs in agriculture, production, textile production and other sectors. Mexico’s Avocado industry of $ 3 billion per year has not been damaged so far.
The 25% tariff on imported cars entered into force on Thursday, and immediately caused the Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to slap 25% retaliation tax on vehicles imported from the USA.
“We reluctantly take these measures, Car Carney said. “And we take them to cause maximum effect in the United States and a minimum effect in Canada.”
However, sheinbaum, who responds to Trump’s provocations to the provocations of Trump and avoids a “eye, a tooth for tooth” approach that avoids applying additional tasks to US imports. The dominant attitude was in a character with a thin line he walked throughout the tariff discussion, trying to soothe Trump without seeing Mexico sovereignty – a strategy that gained praise abroad and at home.
Mario Maldonado, a columnist Mario Maldonado at Mexico newspaper al -Universal, was justified. “However, this does not disappear with a deep blow to foreign investments after the US government threats and close economic slowdown – or after the crisis.”
During the controversial tariff discussion, the Mexican pesh remained relatively stable from about 20 pesos to $ 1, which sees many of them as a positive barometer of the government’s strategy.
“He was very smart in his Mexican President Sheinbaum negotiations and did a good job not to be uneasy,” he said.
However, he added that the situation continues to be “fluid ve and was not unpredictable.
“North America may be in a good position here, O’Rourke said. “But the problem is that we don’t know… What will be declared tomorrow or next week.”
Mexico is the largest trade partner in the United States. Last year, bilateral goods trade reached almost 840 billion dollars. However, the US trade gap with Mexico rose to approximately $ 172 billion last year and an increase of 12.7 % compared to 2023. Trump wants to lower the US trade deficits globally.
Mexico has been more than 80% of its total exports with heavy dependence on cross-border trade-the most vulnerable to Trump’s tariff agenda for long time.
Vehicles and parts of automobiles represent more than one third of the exports to Mexico to the US, earning approximately $ 180 billion in revenue last year. The Trump administration said that exceptions will be made for the US -made US -made automatic content.
In the ongoing talks, Mexican officials are trying to eliminate new tasks from Washington, as well as reducing new tariffs on both the automobile sector and steel and aluminum producers.
“We have a permanent dialogue with the United States,” he said, Ebrarard, who went between the two countries to meet with US officials. “This is just a episode. It’s not over yet.”
Personnel writer Kate Lirthicum and Special Reporter Cecilia Sánchez Vidal contributed to this report.
