Negotiations with EU by tariffs will run until Friday: Ebrard

Last Thursday’s meeting with Howard Lutnick, United States Secretary of Commerce, was cordialsaid Marcelo Ebrard yesterday, head of the Ministry of Economy (SE), who reported that the talks to prevent the White House from imposing tariffs on Mexico on March 4 will run until Friday of this week.

After participating in a conference of the Codex Committee on fresh fruits and vegetables, the official indicated that in the meeting with his American counterpart general ideas were set of the importance of trade between the two nations and how it is constituted. We also listen to what their priorities, their concerns are, and we started workinghe said.

At this time, he said, the Undersecretary of Foreign Trade is in Washington, Luis Rosendo Gutiérrez, with a whole work team, for exchange (with US officials) Complex databases to understand at what point we are exactly in trade between Mexico and the United States. He indicated that the conversations will run throughout the week and in some moment It will have a new meeting with Lutnick, but there is still no date.

The integration between the two countries makes the prudent, the intelligent is to agree, because in the middle there are millions of workers and companies in the two countries. And I see that this is the starting point. As of Thursday, which was the first meeting, because today we will have communication, tomorrow we will have communication, on Thursday, and we will be until FridayEbrard said.

On February 1, the United States imposed general tariffs to Mexico for 25 percent; However, after a negotiation with President Claudia Sheinbaum, which included greater border security to stop the undocumented and fentanyl migration flow, they were leisurely until March 4. Ten days later, he announced 10 percent rates for steel and aluminum exports around the world, including Mexico.