However, the call is made in the middle of New disagreements between Mexico and the United Statesand before new tariff threats of Trump.
The American country applied a 20.91% tax to Mexican tomatoes . In addition, Donald Trump threatened to impose other tariffs and sanctions on Mexico If you do not deliver the water from the Rio Bravo that owes the United States, as part of the 1944 Treaty.
The president declared in recent days that her government would seek dialogue and reach an agreement with the United States for the issue of water, since droughts in the north of the country have prevented sending the amount established in the treaty.
In addition, yesterday he informed that he sent a diplomatic note to the United States government for the executive order signed Donald Trump To install a military base on the border.
In that context there was the call between both presidents this Wednesday. Both Sheinbaum and Trump said the conversation “was very productive.”
“We will continue to dialogue to reach good agreements that benefit our countries and our peoples,” the president of Mexico wrote on platform X.
Yesterday we had a call with President Trump. As mentioned in his account, he was very productive. We will continue to dialogue to reach good agreements that benefit our countries and our peoples.
– Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo (@claudiashein)
April 17, 2025
The US president also shared a brief mention of telephone conversation into his social social network.
“Yesterday I had a very productive conversation with the president of Mexico,” he said.
In her last conference of the week, President Sheinbaum said there is dialogue with US government officials to address how Mexico seeks to comply with water delivery.
“There is very good atmosphere for dialogue and coordination,” he said.
On the tariffs to the tomato, Julio Berdegué, secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development, said this week that Mexico will dialogue and negotiate to avoid these taxes, as happened in 2019.
“There is no substitute for the Mexican tomato in the United States, if perhaps a small percentage that comes mainly from Florida. But the amount of tomato that is exported to (that country) is not substituted by any other,” said Sheinbaum in response to Trump’s tariff announcement.
