Claudia Sheinbaum sends strong message to alleged application of Donald Trump tariffs: “We are prepared”


At the start of her press conference, the president from Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo addressed the issue of application duty announced the previous day by your counterpart in USA, Donald Trumptaxes that would take effect as of February 1 of this year. In order to give peace to the population, the federal president said that There is already a plan in order to protect the Mexican economy.
From the Treasury Hall of National Palacethe National Regeneration Movement militant (Brunette) said that both the Government of Mexico and the United States maintain a permanent dialogue table through which several issues are addressed, including deportations and, of course, the announcement of 25% tariffs both to our country and to Canada.
“Inform the people of Mexico that we have a dialogue table with the United States government where we have discussed different issues and remember every day; For example, in the issue of migration, with respect to our sovereignty and human rights, there are agreements for the repatriation of our nationals, if it is the case of the arrival of someone from another nationality, all the time there are agreements, ”he said before the press.
In that sense, the federal president also stressed that issues related to the bilateral security where four principles are maintained, which are:
- Shared responsibility
- Mutual trust
- Collaboration
- Respect for sovereignty

Being transcendent issues, the president insisted that throughout her management it will be that the permanent dialogue with the neighboring country is maintained, while both she and the members of her cabinet, have several plans in order to protect the country, which did not detail during its first intervention.
“It is fundamental in the relationship between Mexico and the United States government and there is this dialogue table and we have Plan B, Plan C for what the United States government decides. It is very important that the people of Mexico know that we are always going to defend the dignity of our people, that we will always defend respect for our sovereignty and a dialogue as the same, as we have always mentioned, without subordination, ”he reiterated.

It should be remembered that on Thursday, January 30, through a press conference, President Donald Trump announced that 25% of tariffs would apply to Mexico and the United States as a form of claim to the impossibility of putting a brake on migration illegal.
“We will announce the tariffs on Canada and Mexico for several reasons. The first is the people who arrive in our country so horrible and in so much quantity (…) I will put the 25 % tariff to Canada and, separately, 25 % to Mexico. We will really have to do it, because we have very large deficits with those countries, ”he added.” Trump said while signing executive orders in the oval office.

For this fact, the president announced that the Secretary of Economy, Marcelo Ebrard Casaubón would expose the impacts of this factwhile asking the citizens in general not to alarmed because he said, things should be taken with their heads cold.
“We are going to wait, as I have always said, with the cold head, making the decisions we are prepared and we maintain this dialogue. Today the Secretary of Economy is here because it is important of the United States, ”concluded Dr. Sheinbaum.