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President Donald Trump on Thursday announced that he would exclude Mexico from goods fees under the United States Agreement – Mexico -Kanada (USMCA) until April 2.
He announced the extension in a post on social truth after a conversation with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo.
“After talking to President Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico, I have agreed that Mexico will not be required to pay fees for anything falling under the USMCA deal,” Trump wrote. “This agreement is until April 2. I did this as an accommodation, and disrespectful to President Sheinbaum. Our relationship has been a very good, and we are working hard, together, at the border, as in terms of banning illegal foreigners!”
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Vice President JD Vance applauds while President Donald Trump addresses a joint Congress session at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on Tuesday. (Earn Mcnamee / Getty Images / Getty Images)
Sheinbaum Pardo thanked Trump for extending in a post on X.
“Many thanks to President Donald Trump. We had an excellent and respectful call to which we agreed that our work and cooperation have yielded unparalleled results within the framework of respect for our sovereignty,” she wrote in Spanish, according to a translation from Grok. “We will continue to work together, especially on migration and security issues, which include lowering Fentanil’s illegal intersection in the United States as well as weapons in Mexico. Fees for all countries. ”
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo holds a conference to talk about the fees brought by President Donald Trump at the National Palace in Mexico of Wednesday. (Carlos Santiago/EYEEPIX Group/Lightrocket through Getty Images/Getty Images)
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A White House official told Fox News that “President Sheinbaum presented to President Trump with tangible evidence he had [an] Increasing Fentanil’s seizures in the last 30 days and demonstrated real commitment to focus on reducing cards and drug trafficking. “
Trump said Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to hit Fentanyl’s traffic are not “good enough” to remove his 25% tariffs after a call with the Canadian leader. Trump accused Trudeau of trying to use trade war as a way to stay in power.
Ontario’s prime minister accused Trump not to understand the supply chain “and how we are integrated” into the special report of FOX News.
After a phone call with Trump, the “Big Three”-Stellantis, Ford and General Motors-IU motorists gave a monthly exception of the fees that came into force on Monday, White House secretary Caroline Leavitt announced.
Trump Lutnick’s Trump Trade Secretary defended the administration’s approach, which some have seen as “two steps forward, one step back”. At Fox News, Lutnick pointed out the actions that fees have driven by our northern and southern neighbors: “Does this sound like a foot away from gas? It sounds like a leg in the chest.”
Trudeau, meanwhile, said Thursday that Canada “will continue to be in a trade war launched by the United States for the foreseeable future.”
Speaking to reporters in Otowa, Trudeau said he had a “colorful” and “very essential” call with Trump on Wednesday, according to Reuters.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a press conference about US tariffs against Canada in Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, on Tuesday. (Dave Chan / AFP through Getty Images / Getty Images)
“We are … trying to make sure that these tariffs do not harm too much, of course in the short term, certain sectors,” Trudeau said on Thursday. “Anydo carving that supports every worker in Canada, even if it’s just one industry or another, it will be a good thing.”
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Tredeau, who is expected to retire when the Liberal Party chooses a new leader on Sunday, added: “A winning loss between us would actually be worse for them than a winning victory. This is true in international trade, in relations between states of the nation … Perhaps it is not true in real estate agreements, a win is perhaps better for one. win-fit. ”
Fox News’ Jacqui Heinrich and Kaitlin Sprague contributed to this report.