MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Economy Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said Tuesday that he will meet with Trump administration officials in Washington on Thursday in what he called “the first conversation” in a series of negotiations between the two countries.
The meeting comes at a fragile moment for the two neighbors, whose bilateral trade exceeded $800 billion last year. U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to impose 25% tariffs on all imports from Mexico — though so far limited them to steel and aluminum — and signed an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.
“In our first meeting, we will clarify the proposals put forth by the United States, and what the new administration aims to achieve,” Ebrard told reporters on Tuesday. “Then we’ll put Mexico’s arguments on the table, particularly those concerning the (economic) integration between the two nations.”
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Ebrard said he would meet with Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick and a number of Trump officials in a conversation that would focus on the steel and aluminum tariffs, as well as the importance of the country’s bilateral trade relationship. Ebrard added that he hoped to make a range of other proposals to “improve” the existing trade relationship.
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