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February 4, 2025 | 03:19 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced on Monday that the 25 percent import duty tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump on February 1 would be delayed for a month.
In a statement on her X account as reported by Anadolu, Sheinbaum said she had a phone call with Trump, during which the two leaders reached an agreement on their shared border and fentanyl trafficking.
As part of Mexico's commitment, Sheinbaum said 10,000 National Guard troops would be deployed along the US-Mexico border to combat fentanyl smuggling. In return, the US promised to curb arms smuggling into Mexico.
Sheinbaum also announced that the tariffs would be suspended for a month, temporarily easing tensions after Trump fulfilled his promise to impose a 25 percent tariff on all Mexican goods—a move that has drawn strong opposition from Mexican officials.
Trump confirmed the conversation on Truth Social, describing it as "very cordial." He said Sheinbaum had agreed to immediately deploy 10,000 Mexican troops to the border to stop the flow of fentanyl and illegal migrants into the US.
"We further agreed to immediately pause the anticipated tariffs for a period of one month during which we will conduct negotiations led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, with high-level Mexican Representatives. I look forward to participating in those negotiations, with President Sheinbaum, as we work to reach a 'deal' between our two Countries," Trump wrote.
Over the weekend, Sheinbaum rejected US allegations that his administration was colluding with organized crime—the same day the tariffs were announced.
He dismissed the claims as slander and criticized the use of tariffs, arguing that diplomacy was the proper way to address shared concerns.
"It is not through tariffs that problems are solved, but through conversations and dialogue, as we have been doing in recent weeks with the US State Department to address the phenomenon of migration; in our case, by respecting human rights," he said.
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