Mexico has to take “vital selections for the way forward for the nation” and “if mandatory, different buying and selling companions can be sought,” she mentioned at her morning information convention.
Sheinbaum mentioned Tuesday her authorities would reply to Trump’s 25-percent tariffs with retaliatory duties, calling on supporters to mass in Mexico Metropolis’s foremost sq. on Sunday to listen to particulars.
On the identical time, she has mentioned her authorities would like a negotiated answer and that she expects to talk to Trump by telephone on Thursday in regards to the tariffs, which he has linked to fentanyl trafficking and unlawful migration.
The doorways to dialogue “should all the time be open,” Sheinbaum mentioned.
Final week, her left-wing authorities pledged to take coordinated actions with Washington to sort out drug flows.It additionally extradited a few of its most infamous imprisoned drug lords to america, together with a cartel kingpin needed for many years over the homicide of a US spy.America is Mexico’s high buying and selling accomplice, shopping for greater than 80 p.c of its exports.
Sheinbaum has accused Washington of violating a free commerce settlement with Mexico and Canada that was renegotiated throughout Trump’s 2017-2021 presidency.
“Are we guilty for firms deciding to return to Mexico to export to america? No, it is the results of a very good relationship since President Trump’s first time period and the commerce settlement that got here earlier than,” she mentioned.
America-Mexico-Canada Settlement (USMCA), which changed the earlier NAFTA accord on July 1, 2020, is because of be reviewed by July subsequent yr.
