She sure isn't happy with what DonOld said this morning. Canadian PM feels likewise.
Mexico's recently elected President Claudia Sheinbaum has responded forcefully to Donald Trump's plans to levy 25 percent tariffs on goods imported from Mexico if the nation doesn't stem the flow of undocumented immigrants and drugs across the southern border.
Sheinbaum promised during a morning news conference on Tuesday that Mexico will retaliate with tax penalties of their own if the president-elect goes through with his tariff plan.
"President Trump, it isn't with threats or tariffs that we resolve the migratory phenomenon or the abuse of drugs in the United States," she said, reading from a letter she plans to send her soon-to-be American counterpart. "What's needed to confront these great challenges is cooperation and understanding."
Sheinbaum went on to vow that "any tariffs imposed by one side would likely prompt retaliatory tariffs, leading to risks for joint enterprises."
"Allocating even a fraction of what the United States spends on warfare toward peace building and development would address the deeper drivers of migration," she added.
On Monday, Trump wrote on Truth Social that on January 20, "as one of my many first Executive Orders, I will sign all necessary documents to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% Tariff on ALL products coming into the United States, and its ridiculous Open Borders."
Mexican President Claps Back at Trump Over Tariffs
Mexico's recently elected President Claudia Sheinbaum has responded forcefully to Donald Trump's plans to levy 25 percent tariffs on goods imported from Mexico if the nation doesn't stem the flow of undocumented immigrants and drugs across the southern border.
Sheinbaum promised during a morning news conference on Tuesday that Mexico will retaliate with tax penalties of their own if the president-elect goes through with his tariff plan.
"President Trump, it isn't with threats or tariffs that we resolve the migratory phenomenon or the abuse of drugs in the United States," she said, reading from a letter she plans to send her soon-to-be American counterpart. "What's needed to confront these great challenges is cooperation and understanding."
Sheinbaum went on to vow that "any tariffs imposed by one side would likely prompt retaliatory tariffs, leading to risks for joint enterprises."
"Allocating even a fraction of what the United States spends on warfare toward peace building and development would address the deeper drivers of migration," she added.
On Monday, Trump wrote on Truth Social that on January 20, "as one of my many first Executive Orders, I will sign all necessary documents to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% Tariff on ALL products coming into the United States, and its ridiculous Open Borders."
