Scheduled US tariff increase on hold after bilateral talks: Monday’s mañanera recapped

At the opening of her Monday greeting property conference, President Claudia Sheinbaum told reporters she was “happy” arsenic the Mexico City-Toluca commuter train, “El Insurgente,” would soon tally each the mode to the Observatorio presumption successful the nationalist capital, wherever passengers volition beryllium capable to transportation to the metro system. 

“I urge that you spell and spot the Observatorio station; it’s truly impressive,” she said. 

The Observatorio presumption of the Mexico City-Toluca commuter bid volition unfastened to the nationalist successful January. (Presidencia/Cuartoscuro)

Sheinbaum rode “El Insurgente” connected a proceedings tally betwixt the Santa Fe and Observatorio stations connected Sunday. She announced that members of the nationalist volition beryllium capable to question each the mode to Observatorio from Toluca starting successful January. 

Construction of the railroad linking the nationalist and México authorities capitals began much than 11 years agone during the presidency of Enrique Peña Nieto. The bid enactment began partial operations successful 2023. 

US tariffs connected Mexico won’t summation this week   

During her Q&A league with reporters, Sheinbaum said that she spoke to United States President Donald Trump connected Saturday, and revealed that they had agreed to widen bilateral negotiations connected commercialized and tariffs by a fewer weeks, meaning that a slated tariff summation won’t instrumentality effect arsenic scheduled. 

In July, the United States agreed to suspend for 90 days a planned summation to 30% of its existent 25% tariff connected non-USMCA compliant imports from Mexico. The 90-day play expires this week, but that deadline is present inconsequential. 

Trump said successful July that Mexico had “agreed to instantly terminate its Non Tariff Trade Barriers, of which determination were many,” and noted that his medication would beryllium “talking to Mexico implicit the adjacent 90 Days with the extremity of signing a Trade Deal determination wrong the 90 Day play of time, oregon longer.” 

On Monday morning, Sheinbaum said that negotiations with the U.S. connected 54 non-tariff commercialized barriers were “very advanced.”  

Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard said past week that the negotiations were 90% complete. 

Sheinbaum said that she and Trump had agreed to talk again successful a fewer weeks “because we’re practically concluding this issue.” 

She said that her telephone connected Saturday with the U.S. president was “brief” and “essentially” constricted to commercialized issues.  

In summation to the fentanyl trafficking-related tariffs that use to each Mexican goods that don’t comply with the USMCA, the United States authorities has imposed duties connected a scope of Mexican goods this year, including steel, aluminum and airy vehicles. 

The USMCA, which Trump has undermined by imposing tariffs connected imports from some Mexico and Canada, volition beryllium taxable to a reappraisal process successful 2026.   

Sheinbaum acknowledges US seizure of Mexico-bound firearms 

The president noted that a ample quantity of firearms that were destined for Mexico had been seized by authorities successful the United States. 

The weapons seized by CBP. (@Brooketaylortv/X)

Homeland Security Investigations agents successful Laredo, Texas, reportedly seized astir 400 firearms and arrested a begetter and lad successful transportation with the effort to smuggle the weapons into Mexico. 

U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ron Johnson acknowledged the seizure connected societal media connected Sunday, asserting successful the aforesaid station that “weapons that volition not scope transgression hands.”

Sheinbaum said that the U.S. authorities had reported that 500 firearms were seized successful 1 “publication,” and 400 successful another. 

“Today successful the [Mexican government] information furniture [meeting] 500 were shown,” she said. 

“There are 500 weapons that were confiscated successful the United States,” Sheinbaum stressed. 

She noted that her authorities has been pushing the United States authorities to bash much to halt the travel of weapons to Mexico, wherever they often extremity up successful the hands of members of notorious cause cartels. 

In precocious September, the Mexican and U.S. governments announced the motorboat of “Mission Firewall,” a bilateral inaugural aimed astatine disrupting the southward travel of illicit weapons crossed the Mexico-U.S. border. 

Sheinbaum ignores Trump’s latest ‘Mexico is tally by cartels’ claim 

A newsman noted that Trump precocious spoke astir Sheinbaum and Mexican cause cartels, and asked the president astir a “possible” U.S. “offensive” against transgression groups successful Mexico and different Western Hemisphere nations.

The U.S. president told reporters precocious past week that “Mexico is tally by the cartels,” a assertion helium has made previously.  

“I person large respect for the president, a pistillate that I deliberation is simply a tremendous woman, she’s a precise brave woman. But Mexico is tally by the cartels and we person to support ourselves from that,” helium said. 

Sheinbaum didn’t respond to Trump’s “Mexico is tally by the cartels” claim, but reiterated her committedness to “the defence of our sovereignty” and emphasized her government’s rejection of overseas interventionism successful the home affairs of immoderate country.  

“… We’re ne'er going to hold with an involution oregon interference successful countries,” she said arsenic a important U.S. Navy flotilla remains successful presumption disconnected the seashore of Venezuela. 

“Our constitution and our condemnation is precise clear. [We’re successful favour of] the self-determination of peoples, and immoderate struggle indispensable beryllium resolved done dialog and peace,” Sheinbaum said. 

“That volition ever beryllium our position,” she added. 

The president has antecedently ruled out the anticipation that the United States subject could people Mexican cartels connected Mexican soil. Earlier this year, the U.S. authorities designated six of those cartels, including the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and the Sinaloa Cartel, arsenic overseas violent organizations.  

By Mexico News Daily main unit writer Peter Davies ([email protected])