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Mexico threatens to impose tariffs on US items in response to Trump

Editorial Board Published November 27, 2024
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MEXICO CITY — President Claudia Sheinbaum advised Tuesday that Mexico might retaliate with tariffs of its personal, after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to impose 25% import duties on Mexican items if the nation doesn’t cease the move of medication and migrants throughout the border.

Sheinbaum mentioned she was keen to have interaction in talks on the problems, however mentioned medicine had been a U.S. downside.

“One tariff would be followed by another in response, and so on until we put at risk common businesses,” Sheinbaum mentioned, referring to U.S. automakers which have vegetation on either side of the border.

She mentioned Tuesday that Mexico had performed loads to stem the move of migrants, noting “caravans of migrants no longer reach the border.” Nonetheless, Mexico’s efforts to battle medicine just like the lethal artificial opioid fentanyl — which is manufactured by Mexican cartels utilizing chemical compounds imported from China — have weakened within the final yr.

Sheinbaum mentioned Mexico suffered from an inflow of weapons smuggled in from the USA, and mentioned the move of medication “is a problem of public health and consumption in your country’s society.”

Sheinbaum additionally criticized U.S. spending on weapons, saying the cash ought to as a substitute be spent regionally to handle the issue of migration. “If a percentage of what the United States spends on war were dedicated to peace and development, that would address the underlying causes of migration,” she mentioned.

Sheinbaum’s bristly response means that Trump faces a a lot totally different Mexican president than he did in his first time period.

Again in late 2018, former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador was a charismatic, old-school politician who developed a chummy relationship with Trump. The 2 had been ultimately in a position to strike a discount wherein Mexico helped hold migrants away from the border — and obtained different international locations’ deported migrants — and Trump backed down on the threats.

However Sheinbaum, who took workplace Oct. 1, is a stern leftist ideologue skilled in radical scholar protest actions, and seems much less keen to pacify or mollify Trump.

“We negotiate as equals, there is no subordination here, because we are a great nation,” Sheinbaum mentioned, whereas including, “I think we are going to reach an agreement.”

However Gabriela Siller, director of financial evaluation of the monetary group Banco Base, fears the character conflict might escalate issues into brinkmanship; Trump clearly hates to lose.

“Trump may have just tossed the threat out there, as he does,” Siller mentioned. “But Mexico’s response, that we’re going to respond to you with tariffs, that will make Trump really impose them.”

It’s not clear how critical Trump’s menace is. The U.S.-Mexico-Canada free commerce settlement forbids simply imposing tariffs on different member international locations. And it’s not clear whether or not the financial system might even tolerate sudden levies on imports: Auto vegetation on either side of the border depend on one another for elements and parts, and a few manufacturing traces might screech to a halt.

“It is unacceptable and would cause inflation and job losses in Mexico and the United States,” Sheinbaum mentioned, whereas providing to speak concerning the points. “If tariffs go up, who will it hurt? General Motors,” she mentioned.

“Dialogue is the best path to achieve understanding, peace and prosperity for our two countries,” Sheinbaum mentioned. “I hope our teams can meet soon.”

Late Monday, Trump mentioned he would impose a 25% tax on all merchandise coming into the nation from Canada and Mexico, and a further 10% tariff on items from China, as one among his first government orders.

Trump made the threats Monday in a pair of posts on his Fact Social website wherein he railed towards an inflow of unlawful migrants, although apprehensions on the southern border have been hovering close to four-year lows.

“On January 20th, as one of my many first Executive Orders, I will sign all necessary documents to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% Tariff on ALL products coming into the United States, and its ridiculous Open Borders,” he wrote.

He mentioned the brand new tariffs would stay in place “until such time as Drugs, in particular Fentanyl, and all Illegal Aliens stop this Invasion of our Country!”

“Both Mexico and Canada have the absolute right and power to easily solve this long simmering problem. We hereby demand that they use this power,” he went on, “and until such time that they do, it is time for them to pay a very big price!”

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