Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum delivers remarks following the imposition of the U.S. tariff war. teleSUR
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00:00There were not going to be anyone, because since Mexico doesn't impose tariffs on the
00:10U.S., the U.S. would not impose tariffs on Mexico.
00:16I said that from the last call that we had with President Trump.
00:20I said at the Zócalo in Mexico City, and obviously, of course, with its own characteristics
00:27that has to do for the car industry and steel and aluminum.
00:32But it's very important that everything is known, everything that remains with zero tariffs
00:39within the trade agreement with the United States, the treaty among Canada, the United
00:46States, and Mexico.
00:48That's why I invite the Secretary of Economy, Marcelo Ebrard, so he can speak about all
00:53this, and also about the negotiations and dialogue that exists with the U.S. government
01:02in terms of trade, particularly.
01:03On the other hand, it's important that you know that today at noon, we called a meeting,
01:12a broad meeting, where governors, legislators, businessmen, workers, representatives, union
01:24representatives, and representatives of indigenous people is going to be there, a broad meeting.
01:33The objective of this meeting is obviously, well, if there were something else for Mexico,
01:39we had some other statements and proposals, but I've been saying that we have a plan.
01:47So the plan for strengthening national economy and the well-being of the people of Mexico
01:52is a plan that we have been developing and has to do with Plan Mexico.
01:59So we're going to move forward many of the actions within this plan, and that's where
02:03we are going to present today at noon at the Anthropology Museum.
02:09In the meanwhile, I call on the Secretary of Economy to explain, Marcelo, the reach
02:16of what was presented yesterday, and also what has to do with the industry of cars and
02:23steel and aluminum.
02:27You have the floor.
02:28Good morning.
02:29With your permission, Mr. President, if we can go to the next – this map is so that
02:47it's easier to have a picture of what is happening yesterday, and then I'm going
02:58to add to what was previously announced.
03:02So we have a new commerce system in the world.
03:07It's not the same of tariffs, favor, as for all in the beginning.
03:13The United States has 14 free trade agreements, but the only case where tariffs were not imposed
03:24is in the one that has to do with the treaty Mexico, the United States, and Canada.
03:29In the rest, they were applied.
03:32So it's another commerce system.
03:38What the President is saying in this new commerce strategy was that Mexico has to achieve a
03:46preferential treatment.
03:47It means that we have better conditions to compete.
03:53Everything has to be thought in relation to everyone else, who has – who can have more
03:59tariffs, and what product can be more expensive in terms of logistics and the closeness, how
04:07to manage that what Mexico exported is more competitive than the rest of countries.
04:15That's the route that Mr. President has been building.
04:19So that's the strategy of President Obama, and it's working, because today we have a
04:26preferential treatment, and we have here in what are reciprocal tariffs.
04:31This is the world map.
04:34There are some countries like Russia that has sanctions, because if they were exempted
04:39– people were saying that if they were exempted, but it's just another situation that has
04:43to do with the war in Ukraine.
04:46So in this red color is all the different tariffs that were announced yesterday.
04:55So in the case of Mexico, as we can see, the United States, of course, the one that imposed
04:59it, and Canada, we have a treaty.
05:03So we have 0 percent.
05:04It's the only case.
05:09That's how we can translate this treaty that has been managed thanks to the strategy of
05:15President Obama and achievement from the point of view that when this all began a few moments
05:21ago, there were not going to be any exemptions.
05:25The next – this is from the first graphs that were published, because there are going
05:33to be many information in the next – in the coming days, who has free trade agreement
05:39with the United States and what reciprocal tariffs were imposed.
05:44All these countries have free trade agreements.
05:48As you can see, Singapore, Morocco, Jordan, Nicaragua, Chile, South Korea, Colombia, Peru.