President Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday that until now there is “no sign that the commercial treaty with the United States and Canada (T-MEC) will disappear, after the US president, Donald Trump, said that his partners have not respected him and that” he will renegotiate very soon. “
“In his statement (Trump) says:” It is going to be checked in 2026 and we will see what happens. “So far we have no other sign that the T-MEC will disappear. Nothing. On the contrary, in the talks that are available with the secretaries, both of the Treasury and Trade, it is still working within the T-MEC,” said the president in her morning press conference.
Sheinbaum thus referred to the statements of his American counterpart, who on Tuesday during an encounter with the Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, remarked that the T-MEC has been and remains “very effective” but also pointed out that countries have to respect him.
Sheinbaum insisted that Mexico has “favorable conditions” with the United States, but asked not to advance speculation about the renegotiation of the treaty.
“We, as always, hope it will be maintained (…) that the revision or renegotiation because it is little, to be as little as possible,” he settled.
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Sheinbaum says there is no ‘no sign’ that the T-MEC will disappear
He said that the negotiation will go little by little, always with the “cold head” and in much coordination and communication with the United States government.
In addition, he reiterated that the commercial treaty has been “very beneficial” for the three countries, so he trusted that EU will want to keep it.
“The commercial treaty has been beneficial for the three countries and there is also a very large integration of the economies. Then, if one sees it from that perspective of what has happened from January 20 to date, because the United States also wants to keep the T-MEC,” he said.
Since his arrival at the White House, in January, Trump has undertaken a global commercial war, including Canada and Mexico, two of his greatest partners in this field.
Although it has not implemented the so-called “reciprocal tariffs” against Ottawa and Mexico, both neighbors support 25 % levies on steel and aluminum, as well as customs taxes on the parts of vehicles manufactured in both countries that are not subject to T-MEC.
With EFE information.
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