NEWSMAX | Published November 29, 2029
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday she is confident that a tariff war with the United States can be averted.
But her statement — the day after she held a phone call with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump — did not make clear who had offered what.
“There will be no potential tariff war,” Sheinbaum said flatly when asked about the issue at her daily morning news briefing.
On Wednesday, Trump wrote that Sheinbaum had agreed to stop unauthorized migration across the border into the United States. She wrote on her social media accounts the same day that “migrants and caravans are taken care of before they reach the border.”
But whether that constituted a promise, a pledge or a simple statement of reality remains unclear. In recent years, migrants who have been unable to obtain permission to cross Mexico have joined together in caravans to walk or hitchhike north toward the U.S. border, seeking safety in numbers.
In fact, apart from the first caravans in 2018 and 2019 — which were provided buses to ride part of the way north — no caravan has ever reached the border walking or hitchhiking in any cohesive way.
For years, migrant caravans have often been blocked, harassed or prevented from hitching rides by Mexican police and migration agents. They have also frequently been rounded up or returned to areas near the Guatemalan border. So, Sheinbaum’s statement appears to reflect a reality that has been true for some time.
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SOURCE: www.newsmax.com
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks at National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico, November 26, 2024. Carlos Ramos Mamahua/Presidencia de Mexico/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights
REUTERS | Published November 29, 2029
MEXICO CITY, Nov 28 (Reuters) – Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Thursday she and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump had agreed to maintain a good relationship in a friendly phone call that appeared to ease tensions between the top trading partners amid tariff threats.
Sheinbaum struck a more conciliatory tone a day after saying Mexico would retaliate if Trump carries out his pledge to impose a 25% tariff on Mexican and Canadian imports.
“It was a good conversation and we are going to keep having conversations,” Sheinbaum told a morning press conference, in which she said the two had not directly discussed tariffs but talked about the reasons Trump gave for potentially implementing them – illegal migration and fentanyl trafficking.
“It was a very friendly conversation,” Sheinbaum added. “We agreed there would be a good relationship.”
The Mexican peso strengthened close to 1% early on Thursday, after weakening in recent days.
Trump’s proposed tariffs would appear to contravene the U.S.-Mexico-Canada free-trade pact, which Trump signed during his first term and is up for review in 2026.
Following Wednesday’s call, Trump said on social-media platform Truth Social that Sheinbaum had “agreed to stop migration through Mexico, and into the United States, effectively closing our Southern Border.”
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SOURCE: www.reuters.com
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