‘Cool Head’: How Mexican Claudia Sheinbaum treats Trump and tariffs | News Donald Trump

As the 25 -focal set of presidents of the United States Donald Trump to import from Mexico and Canada, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau quickly returned.

At a press conference on Monday night, he called Trump as “Donald”, called Tariff “very stupid things,” he accused the US president of trying to crush the Canadian economy annex the country and imposed direct retaliation of Tariff.

In contrast, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum was silent on Monday night. She replied at a press conference on Tuesday morning, promising to defend Mexican interests and announce the US import tariffs. But unlike Canada, Mexican Tariffs for Tit-Za-Tat will only take effect on Sunday, giving him time to conclude a contract with the USA.

On Thursday, sheinbaum is expected to talk to Trump to try to connect the compromise, even while the public president of the US president with Trudeau is intensifying.

So why is the Mexico President approaching Trump’s tariffs so differently from the way they are managed by Canada and Trudeau? How does Mexico respond to Sheinbaum’s strategy? How did we come here? And what is it?

What are the Tariff Trump and what is his justification?

Even before he switched to his duty for the second time in January, Trump announced that he would impose 25 percent of tariffs on all goods from Canada and Mexico, stating concerns for the safety of the border and drug trade, especially the flow of fentanese in the United States.

The US is the second largest merchant in the world after China, and Trump’s tariffs have withdrawn global markets.

These tariffs were initially supposed to take effect on February 4, but negotiations between Trump and the leaders of Canada and Mexico resulted in the US now delayed the imposition of a month.

In these negotiations, Trudeau and Sheinbaum agreed to increase border security to prevent drug trafficking and migrant entering the United States.

Trudeau was named “Fentanil Car” to solve the problem. Sheinbaum distributed 10,000 additional soldiers to the border of the US-Mexico to help suppress irregular immigration. In Mexico, her fentanil gangs broke in her law agencies, suffered laboratories and made arrests. Last week, Mexico sent 29 leaders of drug cartel in the US to criminal persecution.

However, on Tuesday, Trump spent 25 percent of tariffs, influencing a wide range of goods. China is also imposed additional tariffs.

The best three commercial partners in the US – Mexico, Canada and China – make up more than 35 percent of the goods the world’s largest economy imports or exports.

How did Canada answered?

Canada immediately responded to US tariffs assertively with retaliative protectionist measures he first published on February 1st.

Starting with Tuesday, Canada imposed 25 percent of tariffs at $ 21 billion worth of US goods with a threat of tariff at the second estimated $ 87 billion later if the dispute lasts.

Trudeau warned that Canada “would not pull out of the fight,” and Tariffs would remain in place until the US tariffs withdrew.

Products that include, meat, cereals, certain alcohol, clothing, shoes, motorcycles and cosmetics are just some of the US goods that will be subjected to direct tariffs, according to Canada Ministry of Finance.

Some Canadian provinces have taken their own steps, ordering, for example, to remove all American alcoholic beverages from stores.

Trudeau, in the comments on Tuesday, also supported the Canadians who opted for the boycott of US goods and raise the American anthem at sports events.

Trudeau had a call with Trump on Wednesday, but although the US president said he ended up on a “somewhat friendly” note, after which he accused Canada of allowing Fentanil to enter the United States – although experts said that only the minus of opioid was entering the US through its northern border.

How did Mexico answered?

While Trump and Trudeau have exchanged fierce personal remarks in recent weeks, Sheinbaum has taken several measured access.

In his comments on Tuesday, Sheinbaum expressed his intention of implementing “tariff and non-Tariff measures” to protect interests in Mexico, but refrain from immediate action, suggesting that he intends to first exhaust all diplomatic channels.

“What I can tell you is that this is a very final moment for Mexico …… It won’t sign up. Mexico is a great country, and Mexicans are brave and resistant,” she said.

If the tariffs continue, Mexico will “turn to Canada and other nations,” sheinbaum said. She added that Mexico could look for other trade partners in addition to now -a that she could transfer trade alliances “if necessary”.

What is behind a relatively measured approach to Sheinbaum?

At the briefing with journalists in early February, Sheinbaum offered insight into her mindset, saying that in the midst of threats from Trump, Mexico had to keep “cool head”.

This cautious strategy reflects the great reliance of Mexico to the US as a market: more than 75 percent of Mexico exports to his northern neighbor, so that any dramatic disorder in that equation could bleed the economy of the country. Last year, the United States introduced $ 505.8 billion from Mexico and made $ 334 billion, resulting in a $ 171.8 billion trade deficit.

To be sure, Canada also need now for their exports: more than 70 percent of Canadian exports go to the US.

But the context of Trump’s tariffs to Mexico and Canada is quite different, said Wines Nadjibulla, Vice -President for Research and Strategy in the Canadian Foundation of the Asian Pacific Foundation, for Al Jazeera.

While Trump has prepared the idea of ​​bombarding Mexican drug cartels in the past, many of which have labeled as a “terrorist” organization, he was much more direct in seeking Canadian territory.

Trump often said his northern neighbor should become 51. The US state and repeatedly headed to Trudeau, including after their call on Wednesday, as a governor, not the prime minister.

“In the case of Canada, Trudeau noted that Trump’s actions were aimed at maoding the Canadian economy to trick the path of an eventual annexation, which goes beyond the mere trade war,” said Nadjibulla, referring to Trump’s repeated threats to the absorption of Canada.

“It’s an existential struggle for the sovereignty of Canada, so there is a strong impetus to pull back immediately and forcibly,” she said.

Commenting on new tariffs, Trudeau said on Tuesday that Trump planned to challenge “the total collapse of the Canadian economy, because it would make it easier for us to contribute.”

“The swelling here is not only in the Tariff Tit-For-Tat. It is a defense of the soil independence,” said Nadjibulla.

In the meantime, Trump said she respects Sheinbaum, something Mexican president mentioned as she respects the US president too.

Sheinbaum also has something that does not do: time.

Canada is quickly approaching the national elections, and Trudeau’s Liberal Party plays compensation. After withdrawing the opposition conservative party with a two -core number for more than a year, the ruling party in the country began Close the gap quickly As he trudes, he pushes himself back against Trump’s moves, and the steps of the US president break through the wave of patriotism among the Canadians.

Sheinbaum, on the other hand, took the post only in October and is wonderfully popular. In two polls in February, her approval rating was 80 percent and 85 percent.

Does Sheinbaum’s approach work?

It’s too early to say.

But on Wednesday, Trump’s administration exempted car manufacturers of 25 percent of tariffs per month. While the sector supply chains spread across North America, Mexico is the largest return user. Cars, trucks, other vehicles and car parts make up 27 percent of the US exports. For Canada, this figure is 13 percent.

And Sheinbaum enjoys more than just popular support in Mexico. It seems that her approach to Trump and his tariffs has the confidence of Mexican investors.

IPC, the main stock market index in the country, has increased by 6 percent since the beginning of the year. On the contrary, S&P/TSX, the Canadian Stock Exchange’s reference index is almost where it was at the beginning of the year.

What is next?

If the tariffs and retaliation steps taken by American neighbors remain in place, companies exporting goods and services, as well as consumers, will pay higher prices. The possibility of a potential recession in some or all three North American countries is a possibility.

As the tension of the skin, there are signs that the American administration can consider changing its position. US reports show that Trump is open to lower 25 percent of tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico.

But if Trump decides to make it, Nadjibulla said, “The damage to trust is already significant.”

“We saw him threaten new tariffs in April and continues to change their goals. That level of unpredictability destroys trust among allies and trade partners, “she said.

Tariffs could also influence the negotiations on the renovation of the United States Agreement-Mexico-Kanada (USMCA), a free trade pact that entered into force in 2020, the Trump team neglected during its first term and replaced the 1994-year-old commercial trade agreement. The USMCA examination reached soon.

“How to negotiate a stable agreement when one side consistently changes rules or imposes new tariffs without warning?” asked Nadjibulla.

“Even if some tariffs are abolished or mitigated, the bigger question is that Canada and others now consider the United States a less reliable trade partner,” she added.