Mexico: Sheinbaum threatens tariffs on US products

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6

PROGRAM #10616 12:00 PM PT 

Mexico Edition. 

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said that she would impose tariffs on US products if Trump imposes 25 percent tariffs at the start of his administration. After Trump promised restrictions on Mexico’s trade, the dollar rose and investors in Mexico sold stocks. How is Mexico preparing to deal with the new threats from the US? In other news, senior Mexican federal officials signed a National Agreement on the Human Right to Water with governors as part of a plan to make big business and irrigation districts give back the volumes of water that were granted to them by previous administrations that transferred the water to private companies at dirt cheap prices.

Guests: Fernando de Mateo y Venturini, Coordinator of the International Trade Negotiations Diploma, El Colegio de México, Mexico City, MX; Dr. Lorenzo Meyer Cosío, Researcher, Journalist and Professor Emeritus, El Colegio de México, Mexico City, MX; excerpts from recent statements by Mexico’s President, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo.

Photo: Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo/Facebook

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