The legend of Mexican boxing Julio César Chávez and the president of the World Boxing Council Mauricio Sulaimán Saldivar attended the press conference of Friday morning of President Claudia Sheinbaum to promote the “National boxing class“This will take place in public squares across the country on Sunday, April 6.
Sheinbaum said she didn’t yet know if she would put on gloves herself, but a journalist has nevertheless joked “Watter Out Bukele”, a reference to An emerging quarrel with the president of Salvador.
During his session of questions and answers with journalists, the president spoke of the last price announcement of US President Donald Trump, of the importance of the USMCA free trade pact – which is currently attacked by Trump – and the growing tax revenues of the federal government.
“ Any price ” affects the integration of the Mexico-Us automotive sector
Two days after Trump announced a 25% rate on imports of vehicles and automotive partsSheinbaum highlighted the high level of integration between automotive industries in Mexico and the United States.
“Mexico is the country with the most integration with the United States of the automotive industry,” she said.
She noted that Automotive parts frequently go back and forth through the border During the vehicle manufacturing process.
“This is the integration that has happened for decades,” added Sheinbaum.
“Obviously, any price affects this integration and the two economies. It affects the United States and Mexico,” she said.
“So, of course, we do not agree with this unilateral tariff decision,” said Sheinbaum.
The USMCA is “the tool” which allows North America to compete with China
Sheinbaum told journalists that his government was trying to strengthen the USMCA free trade pact, even if Trump apparently adopts more protectionist “America First” positions day by day.
“The American-mexico-Canada agreement is the tool that allows … North America to compete with other regions of the world, especially China, which is also a large car manufacturer,” she said.
“What we have always said is that we do not compete between ourselves, we complement each other to strengthen the savings of the three countries,” said Sheinbaum.
She said her government, in talks with her American counterpart, sought to avoid a negative impact on the integration of the Mexico-US automotive sector in order to “protect jobs in Mexico and jobs in the United States”.
“It has always been our argument,” said Sheinbaum.
The Minister of the Economy Marcelo Ebrard said Thursday that the government would ask for a “preferential treatment” for Mexico, even if Trump seems determined to change what he considers an unfair status in the United States trade relations with most, if not all, of his business partners.
As Mexico News Daily reportedand Ebrard underlined during the press conference Thursday morning of the presidentAmerican content in vehicles assembled in Mexico (and Canada) will be exempt from the 25%function, which reduces the effective price on vehicles manufactured in Mexico.
Mexico has therefore already received a “preferential treatment” – that is to say if (and it is a big Si) the violation of the United States of the USMCA – an agreement that Trump has personally signed – can be ignored.
American car manufacturers will be the most affected by the price, known as Sheinbaum
Sheinbaum said Trump’s automotive rate would affect Mexico more than any other country because of its high levels of integration with the United States in the production of vehicles.
She added that the United States car manufacturers present in Mexico, such as General Motors and Ford, will bring the weight of protectionism in the automotive sector.
While Mexico continues to seek an agreement with the United States to return to the conditions of free trade, Sheinbaum reiterated that it was preparing a “complete response” at the American prices, which are Already in force for Mexican steel and aluminum And goods not covered by the USMCA.
She said that she would reveal this answer on April 3, the day after the United States intended to impose reciprocal tariffs on the goods that it imports from its business partners around the world.
Tax collection “Go very well”
A journalist asked the President if the United States’s “unilateral decision” to impose import prices from Mexico would affect the economic objectives of his government and infrastructure investment factories.
“Not at all. Mexico’s economy is very strong,” said Sheinbaum.
She told journalists she examined every day the data on government income and that the tax collection is currently 6% higher than a year “in real terms”.
“I thank people because they pay their taxes,” said Sheinbaum.
“… The truth is that the tax collection goes very well,” she said.
“Well, we build seven other hospitals, the railways,, motorways,, water projectsHousing, and that helps the economy a lot, ”said Sheinbaum.
By the editor -in -chief of Mexico News Daily Peter Davies ((Protected by e-mail)))
