Miami: -In a new chapter of commercial tensions, the president of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum He announced that the United States decided to pause for a month the application of 25% general tariffs to Aztec products, after reaching security agreements.
Sheinbaum reported on his X (formerly Twitter) account that the measure was taken after a telephone conversation with Donald Trump, in which the temporary suspension of the tariffs was agreed.
We held a good conversation with President Trump with much respect for our relationship and sovereignty; We arrive at a series of agreements:
1.Mexico will reinforce the northern border with 10 thousand elements of the National Guard immediately, to avoid drug trafficking …
– Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo (@claudiashein) February 3, 2025
As part of the commitments acquired, Mexico will reinforce its northern border with 10,000 National Guard elements to curb drug trafficking, especially fentanyl, towards the United States. In return, the US government will work to avoid high -power weapons traffic towards Mexico.
For its part the US president Donald Trumpexpanded that during this month both governments will have negotiations headed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Besent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and high -level representatives of Mexico.
– Donald J. Trump (@realdonaldtrump) February 3, 2025
This agreement was reached shortly after Trump announced the imposition of a generalized 25% tariff on Mexican imports and most of the products from Canada, in addition to a 10% tax for Canadian oil and Chinese imports.
This weekend it transpired that after the meeting of the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio with the administrator of the Canal, Ricaurte Vásquez, would seek new ways to optimize the priority in the transit of US ships by the interoceanic route.
The politician of Cuban -American origin also met with Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino with whom he discussed migration and organized crime issues.
Panama offered to receive migrants from other nations from American soil, as long as the expenses of non -Panamanian repatriations are covered by the US government. The Mulino government also announced that it will not renew the Panama and China agreement on the Silk route.
