Trump and Sheinbaum reach a provisional agreement: duties postponed for a month and 10,000 Mexican soldiers to control the border
US President Donald Trump has postponed tariffs against Mexico for a month of further negotiations, after Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum agreed to send 10,000 members of her country's national guard to the border to tackle drug trafficking.
Trump's tariffs against Canada and China were still set to take effect Tuesday, but uncertainty remained over how long any agreements would last and whether the tariffs were a harbinger of a broader trade war, as Trump vowed to impose other import taxes.
A senior Canadian official said Canada isn't sure it can avoid looming tariffs as Mexico has. That's because Canada feels the administration is shifting its demands to Canada more than it did to Mexico.
The US and Mexican leaders announced the pause after what Trump described on social media as a "very friendly conversation" and said he looked forward to the next talks.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 3, 2025
Trump said the talks will be led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and high-level representatives from Mexico.
“I look forward to participating in these negotiations, together with President Sheinbaum, in an effort to reach an 'agreement' between our two countries,” the President said.
As a condition for the talks, Sheinbaum outlined changes in border policies and Trump confirmed Mexico's troop deployment.
We respect a good conversation with President Trump with much respect for our relationship and sovereignty; Let's go to a series of highlights:
1. Mexico will strengthen the northern border with 10 thousand elements of the National Guard immediately, to avoid drug trafficking…
— Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo (@Claudiashein) February 3, 2025
“Mexico will reinforce its northern border with 10,000 National Guard members immediately, to stop drug trafficking from Mexico to the United States, particularly fentanyl,” Sheinbaum wrote in X. 'The United States is committed to working to stop the trafficking of high-powered weapons in Mexico'.
So it is not impossible to reach an agreement with Trump, it is enough to understand his priorities and seek an agreement, and not a harsh confrontation, as Trudeau did. We will now see how the European Union will behave: like Mexico or Canada?
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