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November 27, 2024

Mexican President Blasts Trump's Pledge to Impose Tariffs, Warning Against Trade War
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has blasted Donald Trump's pledge to
impose a 25% tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico, threatening
retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods. On Tuesday, President Sheinbaum read
publicly from her letter to Trump, warning of dire economic consequences
of a U.S. trade war, including massive job losses and higher prices on
everything from food to electronics to automobiles. Sheinbaum also took
aim at Trump's claims of a so-called invasion of asylum seekers at the
U.S.-Mexico border, whom Trump claims are bringing drugs like fentanyl
into the United States.

President Claudia Sheinbaum: "Seventy percent of the illegal weapons
seized from criminals in Mexico come from your country. We do not
produce these weapons, nor do we consume synthetic drugs. Tragically, it
is in our country that people are being killed by crimes resulting from
demand in your country."



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