Trade dispute
USA and Mexico extend customs regulation by 90 days
On the phone, US President Trump and his Mexican counterpart Sheinbaum agree on further negotiations. Existing tariffs remain in force – but there are at least no extra levies.
The United States and Mexico have agreed to extend their previous customs regulation – at least that is, at least additional US criminal tariffs are off the table. He wrote to Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum, wrote US President Donald Trump on his Truth Social platform.
Over the next 90 days, the two countries will continue to negotiate a final agreement. In the meantime, Mexico will pay the tariffs in the amount of 25 percent on cars and certain other goods as well as taxes of 50 percent on steel, aluminum and copper, emphasized Trump.
Sheinbaum was satisfied after the phone call. The tariffs from 30 percent announced from the 1st August were initially averted on goods from Mexico, she wrote on the X platform. Trump had previously threatened to write to the southern neighboring country. “We had a very good conversation with US President Donald Trump,” Sheinbaum wrote now. Mexico won 90 days to achieve long -term communication with the United States.
dpa
Source: Stern
