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He asked me how we can collaborate. I told him that within the framework of our sovereignty there are schemes for collaboration,
Sheinbaum said
It was a very friendly conversation. We agreed there is going to be a good relationship,
Sheinbaum saidWe also spoke about strengthening collaboration on security issues within the framework of our sovereignty, and about the campaign we’re carrying out in the country to prevent the use of fentanyl,
Sheinbaum wroteEveryone has their own way of communicating, but I can assure you … that we never suggested that we were going to close the border, we would be incapable [of doing so],
she saidWhat I base myself on is the conversation – the two conversations – that I had with President Trump, and then, at the moment, the communication we will have with his work team and when he takes office,
Sheinbaum said
Each person has their own way of communicating,
Sheinbaum saidI hope he rethinks it. I think it’s a counterproductive thing to do,
he told reporters in Nantucket, Massachusetts
There will be no potential tariff war,
Sheinbaum said flatly when asked about the issue at her daily morning news briefingJust had a wonderful conversation with the new President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo. She has agreed to stop Migration through Mexico, and into the United States, effectively closing our Southern Border,
he said in a post on Truth Social
There is no subordination here."
The two
What would happen is, the U.S. would put on tariffs, and then China would put on tariffs in a bunch of places really important to Republican constituencies,
Kurlantzick saidIf the Chinese are suffering 60% tariffs across the board, the likelihood of their wanting to cooperate in other realms of the relationship goes down dramatically,
O’Hanlon said
There’s a lot of hope here that he can be a bridge and help keep things calm, ... I don’t know if that is more wishful thinking than clear analysis.”
Kennedy said,We hope the U.S. side will also have no intention to contain or suppress China,
Xie said, ... according to the embassy’s transcriptIt's a shot in the foot,
Ebrard said of Trump's proposed duties, which appear to breach the USMCA trade deal that Trump himself struck in 2018 during his first presidency between the US, Mexico and Canada
I have no idea what that actually means,
Haberman responded to his closed border claim
Seventy percent of the illegal weapons seized from criminals in Mexico come from your country.
After Trump's tariff threat, Sheinbaum fired backWe reiterate that Mexico’s position is not to close borders but to build bridges between governments and between peoples,
Sheinbaum added[Trump] has made statements like that before when he was president and it didn’t actually amount to the closure of a border,
she told the outletWe also talked about what can be done to stop the massive drug inflow into the United States, and also, US consumption of these drugs. It was very productive.”
Trump continued