MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum will wait with a cool head for a decision from the United States, she said on Friday, ahead of a Saturday deadline set by U.S. President Donald Trump to impose 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports.
Claudia Sheinbaum sent a letter to Google asking the company not to comply with Trump's order to rename the Gulf of Mexico and explained why.
As President Donald Trump rolls out his “America First” policies, few countries have more to lose than Mexico.
President Claudia Sheinbaum attacks Google for caving into Trump’s meglomaniacal move to change the Gulf of Mexico into the Gulf of America
It is estimated that under the policy nearly 70,000 people were sent back to Mexico between 2019 and 2021 to await their cases, according to a report from the non-partisan organization American Immigration Council. The San Ysidro-Tijuana port of entry was the first along the border to implement it.
Mexico and Canada are Wisconsin’s two largest trading partners, supporting a combined $25 billion in cross-border trade in 2023.
We don’t think it’s going to happen really,” she said during her daily morning news conference on Wednesday, just days before Trump’s threatened tariffs might begin. “And if it happens, we also have our plan.
Trump said his decision will be based on whether the price of oil charged by the two trading partners is fair, although the basis of his threatened tariffs pertains to stopping illegal immigration
The tariffs would also invite retaliation. Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario, has already vowed to counterpunch by pulling American alcohol off store shelves in the Canadian province.
President Donald Trump is planning to impose 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico starting tomorrow. Follow Newsweek's live blog for updates.
Google Maps will comply with President Donald Trump's executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America. This change will only apply users in the United States.