MEXICO CITY – Mexico will impose retaliatory tariffs on the United States in response to President Donald Trump’s latest trade measures, President Claudia Sheinbaum announced today, condemning Washington’s “defamatory” accusations against her government.
Sheinbaum stated that there was “no reason or justification” for the US to impose 25% tariffs on Mexican goods, particularly given Mexico’s ongoing cooperation with the US in efforts to combat drug smuggling.
“I want to make it clear today that we will always seek a negotiated solution as we have proposed within the framework of respect for our sovereignty,” Sheinbaum said during her morning news conference.
“But the unilateral decision taken by the US affects national and foreign companies that operate in our country and affects our people. Therefore, we have decided to respond with tariff and non-tariff measures,” she added, noting that further details would be announced later.
The Mexican president also criticized the US for issuing what she described as an “offensive, defamatory and unsupported statement” after the White House claimed in its tariff announcement that Mexico had “afforded safe havens for the cartels.”