MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum stated Thursday she is positive that a tariff war with the United States can be avoided.
But her declaration — the day after she held a phone call with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump — did not make clear who had used what.
“There will be no possible tariff war,” Sheinbaum stated flatly when asked about the problem at her day-to-day earlymorning news instruction.
On Wednesday, Trump composed that Sheinbaum had concurred to stop unapproved migration throughout the border into the United States. She composed on her social media accounts the verysame day that “migrants and caravans are taken care of before they reach the border.”
But whether that madeup a guarantee, a promise or a basic declaration of truth stays uncertain. In current years, migrants who haveactually been notable to acquire approval to cross Mexico have signedupwith together in caravans to walk or hitchhike north towards the U.S. border, lookingfor security in numbers.
In reality, apart from the veryfirst caravans in 2018 and 2019 — which were offered buses to trip part of the method north — no caravan has ever reached the border walking or hitchhiking in any cohesive method.
For years, migrant caravans have frequently been obstructed, pestered or avoided from hitching trips by Mexican authorities and migration representatives. They have likewise often been rounded up or returned to locations near the Guatemalan border. So, Sheinbaum’s declaration appears to show a truth that hasactually been real for some time.
U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday stated he hoped Trump would reassess his strategy to enforce tariffs on Mexico and Canada, stating it might “screw up” relationshi