Good dialogue was achieved, Ebrard stands out after visiting Washington

Marcelo Ebrard, head of the Ministry of Economy (SE), said yesterday he said A good approach dialogue With his American counterparts.

In a video broadcast on social networks, after the meeting in Washington, the official said that between both parties they found points of coincidence, from where you can start building a relationship.

Ebrard filed talks with the secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick; The head of the United States Commercial Representation (USTR), Jamieson Greer, and the director of the National Economic Council, Kevin Hasset, in Washington.

There are points where we can coincide. It seems to me that it was a very good dialogue of approach between the two countries. We already have a way to find a point of agreementEbrard said.

After this dialogue, he said, there is already another circumstance: I heard, he listened to me. I think we are building a relationship and I’m going to work hard on it.

Earlier, in a brief message on social network X, the head of the SE, reported that next Monday representatives of the governments of Mexico and the United States will begin a joint work. However, he offered no details about how or when.

The meeting in Washington took place in the framework of the dialogue tables that were agreed to address the imposition of general tariffs by President Donald Trump.

We held a meeting with Howard Lutnick, Jamieson Greer and Kevin Hasset. A constructive dialogue began, next Monday begins the joint workEbrard wrote.

The Trump government gave Mexico a month, which is fulfilled on March 4, to work on illegal migration and combat drug trafficking, specifically fentanyl. Otherwise, it threatens to impose general tariffs on Mexico of 25 percent.

The security issue

In the morning, in her press conference, President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo asked to wait for results in these negotiations initiated yesterday between the Secretary of Economy, Marcelo Ebrard, and the US Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick.

He indicated that, one of the main points is that of 25 percent tariffs that Donald Trump imposed on imports from Mexico.

He added that in the other issue agreed with the US president in the telephone call of February 3 was the security one, which is coordinated on the Mexican side by Foreign Minister Juan Ramón de la Fuente, and for the part of Washington by the Secretary of State , Marco Rubio.

On Wednesday, Congress ratified Lutnick at the head of the Ministry of Commerce, after this, the US Embassy in our country posted a message on social network X, in which he said that the official It will focus on strengthening commercial relations with Mexico, improving commercial reciprocity, reviewing tariffs and supporting key initiatives.