Mexico has to take “necessary choices for the way forward for the nation” and “if needed, different buying and selling companions might be sought,” she stated at her morning information convention.
Sheinbaum stated Tuesday her authorities would reply to Trump’s 25-percent tariffs with retaliatory duties, calling on supporters to mass in Mexico Metropolis’s principal sq. on Sunday to listen to particulars.
On the identical time, she has stated her authorities would favor a negotiated resolution and that she expects to talk to Trump by cellphone on Thursday concerning the tariffs, which he has linked to fentanyl trafficking and unlawful migration.
The doorways to dialogue “should all the time be open,” Sheinbaum stated.
Final week, her left-wing authorities pledged to take coordinated actions with Washington to deal with drug flows.It additionally extradited a few of its most infamous imprisoned drug lords to the US, together with a cartel kingpin wished for many years over the homicide of a US secret agent.America is Mexico’s prime buying and selling associate, 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 corporations deciding to return to Mexico to export to the US? No, it is the results of an excellent relationship since President Trump’s first time period and the commerce settlement that got here earlier than,” she stated.
America-Mexico-Canada Settlement (USMCA), which changed the earlier NAFTA accord on July 1, 2020, is because of be reviewed by July subsequent 12 months.