Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum responds to Trump tariffs
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has responded to President Donald Trump's move to impose 25% tariffs on all Mexican imports to the U.S.
In a lengthy statement in Spanish on social media platform X, Sheinbaum said she has instructed officials in her government to implement Plan B, "which includes tariff and non-tariff measures in defense of Mexico's interests."

The message did not provide any further details about the tariffs.
Sheinbaum said Mexico does not want confrontation with the U.S.
"We start from collaboration between neighboring countries. Mexico not only does not want fentanyl to reach the United States, but anywhere. Therefore, if the United States wants to combat criminal groups that traffic drugs and generate violence, we must work together in an integrated manner."
She proposed establishing a joint U.S.-Mexico working group, "with our best public health and security teams."
A fact sheet the White House sent out laying out the rationale for the tariffs alleged that the Mexican government was working directly with drug cartels.
"Mexican drug trafficking organizations have an intolerable alliance with the government of Mexico," the fact sheet stated. "The government of Mexico has afforded safe havens for the cartels…This alliance endangers the national security of the United States."
In a withering response to that charge, Sheinbaum said: "We categorically reject the White House's slander of the Government of Mexico for having alliances with criminal organizations, as well as any intention to interfere in our territory."