President-elect Trump spoke with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo to “stop immigration into the United States through Mexico” after she threatened to impose steep tariffs on goods from Mexico this week. He said he agreed.
President Trump has vowed to impose 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada unless they take further steps to stop illegal immigration and drugs from entering the United States, and recently sworn in President Sheinbaum He said Wednesday that Mexico will retaliate if President Trump follows through on his presidential promise. promise.
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President Claudia Sheinbaum (left) President-elect Donald Trump (right) (Getty Images)
“If the U.S. imposes tariffs, Mexico will also raise tariffs,” Scheinbaum said at a press conference.
On Wednesday, President Trump said he spoke with Sheinbaum about the issue.
“I just had a great conversation with Mexico's new president, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo,” he wrote on Truth Social. “She agreed to stop immigration into the United States through Mexico, effectively closing the southern border. We will also stop the massive flow of drugs into the United States and the consumption of these drugs in the United States. We also talked about what we can do to help. It was a very productive conversation!”
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Former Mexico City mayor and Morena Party presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum during an election campaign launch event on Friday, March 1, 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico. Mr. Sheinbaum began his campaign with a series of proposals to build welfare programs. That is what underpins the popularity of the current president, and he has pitched himself as someone who can build on his accomplishments. (Victoria Lazo/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
In a later post, he said: “Mexico will stop people from going to our southern border, effective immediately. This will go a long way in stopping illegal invasions of the United States. Thank you!!!” said.
Sheinbaum and Trump spoke by phone late Wednesday, according to Reuters, and on social media platform .
President Trump has long complained that Mexico is not doing enough to stem the flow of migrants on its side of the southern border.
President Trump also threatened to impose 10% tariffs on China over large amounts of fentanyl flowing into the United States from Mexico.
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In response, the Communist Party-run China Daily newspaper published an editorial on Tuesday saying, “The excuses the president-elect has given to justify his threat to impose additional tariffs on imports from China are outrageous.'' It's a thing,” he said. to Reuters.
