Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced plans to implement tariffs against the U.S. after President Donald J. Trump imposed tariffs on Mexico. In her address, Sheinbaum called for a public gathering in Mexico City, scheduled for noon on Sunday, March 9, where she intends to outline her administration’s response.

“We will always seek a negotiated solution, as we have proposed within the framework of respect for our sovereignty, but the unilateral decision made by the United States affects national and foreign companies operating in our country and affects our peoples. That is why we have decided to respond with tariff and non-tariff measures that I will announce in the public square next Sunday,” she said.

President Trump enacted the tariffs on Mexico this week—after previously postponing them—due to the country being the leading source of illegal immigrants and narcotics, including the deadly substance fentanyl, entering the U.S. 

While President Trump initially delayed the tariffs because Mexico promised to do more to counter its cartels and secure the border, he stated this week that there was “no room” for the country to avoid the tariffs, having deemed the additional measures the Mexican government was taking insufficient.

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