{"id":1610,"date":"2025-07-23T05:25:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T05:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/?p=1610"},"modified":"2025-07-23T05:25:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T05:25:26","slug":"recap-retaliation-vows-against-trumps-tariffs-and-tax-threat-president-of-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/recap-retaliation-vows-against-trumps-tariffs-and-tax-threat-president-of-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: Retaliation Vows against Trump’s tariffs and tax threat – President of Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"

Claudia Sheinbaum rebukes Trump and says his plan would do nothing to stem flow of migrants or drugs bound for US.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mexico\u2019s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has rebuked Donald Trump\u2019s\u00a0threat to impose steep tariffs on Mexico, arguing the plan would do nothing to halt the flow of migrants or drugs bound for the US border, and vowing that Mexico would hit back with tariffs of its own.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne tariff would be followed by another in response, and so on until we put at risk common businesses,\u201d Sheinbaum said, warning that tariffs would cause inflation and job losses in both countries. \u201cWhat sense is there?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Sheinbaum\u2019s comments came after Trump said on Monday that, as one of his first actions as president, he would impose a 25% tax on all imports from\u00a0Mexico\u00a0and Canada in an effort to stop the flow of migrants and narcotics into the United States.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis Tariff will remain in effect until such time as Drugs, in particular Fentanyl, and all Illegal Aliens stop this Invasion of our Country!\u201d Trump wrote on his Truth Social page.<\/p>\n

It is unclear if the president-elect\u2019s proposal would even be legal or possible, given that the three countries share a free trade agreement known as the USMCA that was negotiated during his previous term in the White House.<\/p>\n

But as analysts pointed out, Trump has never been one to abide by the rules.<\/p>\n

\u201cDid we really think that Trump was going to become more institutional or more formal?\u201d said Valeria Moy, a Mexican economist and director general of IMCO, a public policy analysis firm. \u201cThe Trump that the United States and the world will have, at least in the signs he\u2019s given, is a Trump that will be more dictatorial, tougher, more emboldened.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even if they are legally questionable, the tariffs could provide Trump with a quick win upon taking office in January, said Viri R\u00edos, a Mexican public policy expert.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t rule out that he would implement them temporarily to give a result to his electoral base, which would be happy to see that Donald Trump is being consistent with his campaign promises,\u201d she said. \u201cBut from that to this being a long term strategy, it seems to me that it would not be good for the United States itself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mexico is the United States\u2019s top trade partner as of September, representing 15.8% of total trade. According to R\u00edos, a 25% tariff on Mexican goods would cost the US economy $125bn over 10 years, while costing its GDP between 0.5 and 0.74%.<\/p>\n

With such steep tariffs, US companies importing Mexican goods would undoubtedly have to raise their prices.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe main victim will be the American consumer, because at the end of the day, tariffs are more or less reflected in prices,\u201d said Moy.<\/p>\n

That could end up costing Trump politically, given the role consumer prices played in his election win.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the main reasons why Trump\u2019s campaign was successful, was that people felt that inflation had increased during Biden\u2019s last term,\u201d said R\u00edos. \u201cSo I think he\u2019s playing with fire.\u201d<\/p>\n

Analysts also questioned whether Trump\u2019s plan would even have its desired impact, given that the flow of drugs to the US is driven by American demand, not by the flow of goods.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a bit like scapegoating,\u201d said R\u00edos. \u201cThe key to this problem isn\u2019t in Mexico, it\u2019s in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ultimately, analysts viewed Trump\u2019s proposal as a threat to force Mexico on to the negotiating table and implement policies on migration and security that could have some meaningful impact on the flow of drugs and migrants to the United States.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve already seen this [from Trump] \u2013 first you threaten, then you negotiate,\u201d said Moy. \u201cHe\u2019s using it as a threat to sit down and negotiate and say \u2018Ok, you, president of Mexico \u2026 What are you going to do to contain the flow of migrants and what are you going to do in terms of security? What are you going to do to prevent fentanyl from passing from Mexico to the United States? And if you don\u2019t do it, I\u2019ll put tariffs on you.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Source: The Guardian<\/em><\/h6>\n

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