Mexican President Blasts Trump’s Pledge to Impose Tariffs, Warning Against Trade War

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has blasted Donald Trump’s pledge to impose a 25% tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico, threatening retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods. On Tuesday, President Sheinbaum read publicly from her letter to Trump, warning of dire economic consequences of a U.S. trade war, including massive job losses and higher prices on everything from food to electronics to automobiles. Sheinbaum also took aim at Trump’s claims of a so-called invasion of asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border, whom Trump claims are bringing drugs like fentanyl into the United States.

President Claudia Sheinbaum: “Seventy percent of the illegal weapons seized from criminals in Mexico come from your country. We do not produce these weapons, nor do we consume synthetic drugs. Tragically, it is in our country that people are being killed by crimes resulting from demand in your country.”