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Cabinet secretaries for security and trade among others have
been in constant communication with their U.S. counterparts and
she said there was still the possibility she and Trump would
speak Monday.
Trump had threatened to impose tariffs in February before
suspending them at the last minute, when Mexico sent 10,000
National Guard troops to their shared border to crack down on
drug trafficking and illegal immigration.
“It’s a decision that depends on the United States government,
on the United States president,” Sheinbaum said. “So whatever
his decision is, we will make our decisions and there is a plan,
there is unity in Mexico.”
Trump said later on Monday that the tariffs will start as soon
as Tuesday.
There is “no room left for Mexico or for Canada,” Trump said at
a news conference announcing a significant investment in U.S.
microchip production. “The tariffs, you know, they’re all set.
They go into effect tomorrow.”
Mexico believes it has made a strong case.
The number of migrants arriving at the U.S. border is the lowest
it has been in years.
Last week, Mexico sent 29 drug cartel figures, including the man
involved in the 1985 killing of a DEA agent, to the United
States.
Security forces have dismantled more than 100 synthetic drug
labs in Sinaloa, and systematically weakened the two main
factions of the cartel by the same name.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday that Mexico
had offered to match the tariffs the U.S. will impose on China.
“It’s very important that the people know that we have made a
very important effort of coordination, of collaboration, but it
depends on the United States,” Sheinbaum said. “We have to
respond to this decision.”
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