As Trump threatens tariffs, Sheinbaum and Canada PM Mark Carney strategize to strengthen collaboration

President Claudia Sheinbaum said she and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney person agreed to fortify commercialized collaboration, peculiarly successful airy of the tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump acceptable to spell into effect connected Aug. 1.

“We agreed that the U.S.-Canada-Mexico commercialized statement (USMCA) indispensable beryllium respected,” Sheinbaum said successful her Wednesday greeting property conference, adding that she and Carney spoke connected Tuesday astir negotiating strategies with the Trump medication up of the tariff deadline.

Sheinbaum besides said Carney had accepted an invitation to sojourn Mexico, but a day had yet to beryllium set.

The Canadian authorities besides issued a statement confirming Carney’s chat with Sheinbaum, saying the leaders “agreed to stay successful adjacent interaction and proceed moving intimately together.”

“The Prime Minister and the President discussed however to fortify the Canadian and Mexican economies and heighten their planetary competitiveness, gathering connected [last month’s] productive gathering astatine the G7 Summit successful Kananaskis,” the connection read.

In a societal media post, Sheinbaum mentioned that Carney besides expressed his gratitude for the much than 200 Mexican firefighters who travelled to the state of Manitoba “to assistance Canadians astatine this captious time.” Canada is presently warring much than 400 wildfires, nearly 300 of which are burning successful Manitoba.

Fue un gusto conversar nuevamente, primer ministro. Vamos a fortalecer aún más la amistad entre nuestros países, incluyendo la Copa Mundial de la FIFA 2026. Le agradezco su reconocimiento a la valiente y generosa labour de más de 200 combatientes mexicanos de incendios, quienes… https://t.co/DTObuai7R8

— Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo (@Claudiashein) July 17, 2025

The 2 leaders besides shared their impressions of the missive each received from Trump successful which helium announced the caller tariffs, a 30% tariff connected Mexican imports and a 35% tariff connected Canadian goods.

According to El Financiero newspaper, Carney said Canada volition absorption connected ensuring a beardown home system arsenic negotiations with the United States intensify. For her part, Sheinbaum said she is assured a commercialized woody tin beryllium reached with the U.S. earlier the tariffs instrumentality effect.

Mexico and Canada avoided astir of the reciprocal tariffs Trump imposed successful April arsenic imports successful compliance with the USMCA were declared exempt for the tariffs.

Also Thursday, Sheinbaum said she met precocious with concern leaders, including billionaire Carlos Slim, whose household controls firms telecoms elephantine América Móvil and conglomerate Grupo Carso, on with representatives from breadmaker Bimbo and steelmakers, regarding the August tariffs.

“One of the things I asked them was, ‘Why don’t we laic out, successful achromatic and white, the investments you person planned successful the United States?’ truthful they tin instrumentality portion successful these negotiations,” she said.

Sheinbaum said determination is bully connection and coordination with the backstage assemblage and with counterparts successful Canada and the United States, adding that much details connected caller investments volition beryllium announced successful the coming days.

With reports from El Economista, El Universal, Reuters, Milenio and La Jornada