Sheinbaum to Announce Measures Against Tariffs on Monday

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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she will announce early Monday the details of her government’s “Plan B” to defend the country against US tariffs.

After US President Donald Trump ordered 25% tariffs on exports from Mexico on Saturday, Sheinbaum said she was asking her economy minister to respond with tariff and non-tariff measures, without elaborating.

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“We have to act with a cool head and love for the people,” Sheinbaum said in an eight-minute video posted on X on Sunday. “To our Mexican brothers and sisters in the US, here is your president and an entire people to defend you.”

During the video, Sheinbaum repeated much of her message the day before, firmly rejecting that in his tariff order Trump linked Mexico’s government to criminal drug-trafficking groups. Again, she accused the US of doing nothing to prevent illegal drug sales on its streets and reiterated that Mexico has seized tons of drugs, including fentanyl.

Sheinbaum said that the tariffs ordered by Trump will have serious effects on the economies of both countries, but above all will increase the costs of products exported from Mexico to its northern neighbor.

She reiterated that Mexico doesn’t want confrontation, but would rather collaborate with the US to attack the problems that concern Trump and were the cause of his tariffs: undocumented migration and drug trafficking into the US.

At the end of the video, Sheinbaum suggested that there is still hope in the face of the formal imposition of tariffs on Tuesday.

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“Let’s wait for President Trump’s response to our proposal,” she said.

Trump told reporters Sunday night that he is set to speak in separate calls with Sheinbaum and with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday morning. “I don’t expect anything very dramatic,” Trump said. “We put tariffs on. They owe us a lot of money, and I’m sure they’re going to pay.”

--With assistance from Josh Wingrove.

(Updates with Trump-Sheinbaum call in final paragraph.)

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