Mexico City. The Mexican government expressed its disagreement this Saturday with the decision of US President Donald Trump to impose a 30 percent tariff on Mexican products starting August 1, which it described as “unfair treatment.”
In a joint statement, the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (SRE) and Economy (SE) reported that in a meeting with their U.S. counterparts last Friday, they learned that President Trump would send a letter to several countries informing them of the imposition of tariffs. In the case of Mexico, the communication was made public this Saturday morning (https://acortar.link/4pcrcT).
According to the joint statement,"Mexico is already in negotiations with the United States to protect businesses and jobs."
The two Mexican government ministries did not provide the names of the officials who participated in Friday's meeting from each delegation in the joint statement. Last Thursday, at 9:49 p.m., Economy Secretary Marcelo Ebrard published a video on the social media platform X in which he announced his presence in the U.S. capital."We have meetings today and tomorrow to defend Mexico's interests. The President sent us," the official said in the message.
The Mexican government's statement this Saturday reports that on Friday, July 11, a Mexican delegation from the Ministries of Economy, Foreign Affairs, Finance, Public Security, and Energy met with the Departments of State, Commerce, and Energy, as well as the National Security Council and the Office of the United States Trade Representative, to establish the permanent bilateral working group where the main issues of the relationship will be discussed.
The meeting was convened by the State Department and will be attended by all stakeholders involved in the various issues, the statement said.
“Security, migration, border and water management issues were discussed, as well as the economic relationship between the two countries. We were informed that, as part of the profound change in U.S. trade policy, all countries would receive a letter signed by the president of the United States establishing new tariffs effective August 1. We mentioned at the meeting that it was an unfair deal and that we disagreed,” he added.
At the meeting between the delegations of both countries, it was agreed that the first"major task" of the permanent binational roundtable will be to conduct work so that, before that date, an alternative will be in place to protect businesses and jobs on both sides of the border.
"It is very important to have established, since July 11, the necessary path and space to resolve any possibility of new tariffs going into effect on August 1. In other words, Mexico is already in negotiations," the statement concludes.
