President Claudia Sheinbaum on Thursday reached an agreement with her American counterpart Donald Trump, to avoid the imposition of 25% tariffs on Mexican products, which would take effect on March 4, as the US president rectified this morning
“I hope we can reach an agreement and how good, on March 4 we can announce something else. We are still going to see how these things take place, ”said the president during her morning press conference, underlining that there is an important Mexican delegation in Washington, including Foreign Minister, Juan Ramón de la Fuente, to address the issue with the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio.
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The ruler thus referred to the publication of this Thursday by President Trump, who in her social truth network pointed out that the tariffs to Mexico and Canada will enter into force next Tuesday, if the “scourge” of the traffic of fentanyl continues and is not “limited in a serious way.”
This, although on Wednesday, at the beginning of his first meeting with his cabinet, Trump seemed to indicate that all the tariffs planned by his administration were postponed to April 2.
With EFE information.
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