Washington, DC – The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, and her counterpart from the United States, Donald Trump, have announced a one -month pause to US tariffs that were threatened by Mexico's exports.
Both leaders confirmed the agreement in social media publications on Monday, one day before tariffs would be in force. Sheinbaum was the first to reveal the pause, writing on platform X.
“We had a good conversation with President Trump with great respect for our relationship and sovereignty,” he said.
He explained that, as a result of its discussion, Mexico would send 10,000 national guard troops to its northern border to “avoid drug trafficking from Mexico to the United States.”
Sheinbaum added that the United States was, in return, working to avoid high -power firearms traffic to Mexico, which has long strengthened organized crime in the country.
Trump continued with his own announcement, describing the conversation with Sheinbaum as “very friendly” and praising the deployment of the National Guard of Mexico.
“These soldiers will be specifically designated to stop the flow of fentanil and illegal migrants to our country,” Trump wrote. He did not mention any US effort to stop the trafficking of weapons to Mexico.
The rate of the rate is at least temporarily diverted, an front part of a global commercial manufacturing war perceived by Trump.
During its 2024 bet for re -election, Trump made a campaign largely to increase tariffs so that international goods arrived in the United States, as a means to reinforce the national industry.
After his victory in November, he presented a 25 percent tariff proposal in Mexico and Canada, two of the main commercial partners of the United States. He argued that the harsh measures were necessary to take energetic measures against undocumented migration and drug smuggling through US borders.
But economists say that rates could be the first salvation in an eventual commercial war that could damage consumers in the United States and worldwide.
Imminent commercial war
Monday's announcement, however, only delays one of the rates that will begin on Tuesday.
Canada is still subject to 25 percent tariffs, although Trump said he would talk to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau later on Monday. Trump has also promised a 10 percent increase in tariffs for China.
But the threat of import taxes on foreign goods has led to a Brinkmanship policy among countries.
For weeks, Mexico has said that I was prepared to impose retaliation rates on the United States, but has not come into details.
Meanwhile, Canada has been much more explicit with the way it would respond to Trump's promised tariffs. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his country would impose 25 percent retaliation tariffs on the imports of the United States worth $ 105 billion.
“I want to talk directly to Americans,” Trudeau said on Saturday. “This is an election that, yes, will damage the Canadians, but beyond that, it will have real consequences for you, the American people. As I have said constantly, tariffs against Canada will put their work at risk. ”
His government published a list of 1,256 American articles that would be subject to tariffs, including the key exports of the states with a large proportion of Trump voters. They include oranges from Florida, Kentucky Bourbon and motorcycles made in Pennsylvania.
Tariff risks
The economies of Mexico, Canada and the United States are deeply intertwined, and a commercial war is expected to reach the particularly difficult automotive and agricultural industries. Experts have repeatedly warned that US consumers would eventually feel an increase in prices.
Trump himself, in a publication about Truth Social, acknowledged that there could be domestic setback for the plan. Its administration has widely framed tariffs as a tool in the Trump's hard line negotiation technique. Trump has also said that such rates are needed to boost US industries.
“Will there be any pain? Yes, maybe (and maybe not!), Trump published in all capital letters on Sunday.
“But we will make the United States great again, and everything will be worth the price to be paid.”
In a later position, Trump said that Canada could avoid US tariffs giving their sovereignty and becoming “our precious 51st state.”
In the period prior to his second term, Trump campaigned to reduce the prices of basic consumer goods and increase US industries.
But experts often point out that the increase in costs caused by tariffs is often transferred to consumers through higher prices.
The pause of a month of Monday on the rates with Mexico buys the authorities in that country to negotiate.
In informing of Mexico City, Al Jazeera's correspondent, John Holman, explained that officials will probably present the case that tariffs damage not only Mexico, but companies, workers and consumers of the United States.
“It is obvious that, in that relationship, Mexico is the Junior partner, but Canada, Mexico, the United States has now integrated for about 30 years,” said Holman.
“There are supply chains in Mexico with car manufacturing, with fruits and vegetables, about three quarters of US vegetables. Uu. They actually come from Mexico, which are not so easy,” he said.
Holman added that Sheinbaum will seek to appeal to Trump's other priorities, such as counteracting the growing Chinese influence in the world.
“She will try to send the message that we should be working together so that our region faces the competition from other parts of the world, such as China,” he said.
Trump mocked that new negotiations with Mexico have already anticipated.
In Monday's publication, he announced that the Secretary of State for the United States, Marcio Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Besent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick would lead the discussions during the next month, “as we tried to achieve a” agreement “agreement “Between our two countries.”
