MEXICO CITY (AP) 鈥� President Claudia Sheinbaum has suggested Mexico could retaliate with tariffs of its own, after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to impose 25% tariffs on Mexican goods if the country doesn鈥檛 stop the flow of drugs and migrants across the border.
Sheinbaum said she was willing to engage in talks on the issues, but said drugs were a U.S. problem.
鈥淥ne tariff would be followed by another in response, and so on until we put at risk common businesses,鈥� Sheinbaum said, referring to U.S. automakers that have plants on both sides of the border.
She said Tuesday that Mexico had done a lot to stem the flow of migrants, noting 鈥渃aravans of migrants no longer reach the border.鈥� She also said Mexico had worked to stem the flow of drugs, like the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl, even though 鈥渋t is a problem of public health and consumption in your country鈥檚 society.鈥�
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