Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum is keeping her head amid intemperate outbursts that accompanied the unilateral imposition of a blanket 25% tariff on Mexican products by the US government of President Donald Trump this week. So far, her measured reaction has paid dividends, and her government has worked overtime to first carve out exemptions for the automobile sector, and then negotiate another postponement of tariffs on all US imports from Mexico that comply with the US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA). She had been expected to elaborate on her government’s response at a rally to be held in the Zócalo, Mexico City’s main plaza, on Sunday 9 March. Her stock is high, with high approval ratings and firm support from previously hostile business associations.
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