Mexico's president said Monday that she's optimistic about the country's future relationship with President-elect Donald Trump.
But she's also pushed back against claims Trump has made that she's agreed to stem migration north.
“I’m sure we’re going to maintain a good relationship,” Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said during her regular morning press conference.
This comes after Trump threatened to put a 25% tariff on goods coming to the U.S. through Mexico and Canada if the countries didn’t stop the flow of migrants and fentanyl across their borders.
In response, Sheinbaum had suggested she might put in place retaliatory tariffs.
But Trump said on social media after their phone call last week that Sheinbaum agreed to stop migration through Mexico. Sheinbaum, however, said on her own social media page that Mexico’s position is “not to close borders, but to build bridges.”
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The 60-day action plan aims to get the two countries to develop new trade policies for critical minerals, as the United States seeks to reduce its reliance on China. -
The United States has ordered tariffs on countries that continue to ship oil to the island. Mexico has described the shipments as a humanitarian measure. -
The two countries have agreed on a plan that they say will facilitate overdue water deliveries from Mexico to the United States. -
The governor of the Mexican state says Mexico’s president has approved funds for a project in the Sonoran border town.
