MEXICO CITY- The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, congratulated Donald Trump on social media this Wednesday for his victory in the United States presidential election and expressed her confidence in continuing to work together with Washington.
Sheinbaum had stated hours before in his usual daily press conference that “there is no cause for concern” about Trump’s victory, who warned of imposing 25% tariffs on Mexico if it does not stop the “onslaught of criminals and drugs” entering Mexico. USA.
“I express my most sincere congratulations to Donald Trump, who was the winner of the United States presidential election (…). I am certain that we are going to continue working together in a coordinated manner,” wrote the leftist ruler on the social network .
Sheinbaum also trusted that “dialogue and respect” for the sovereignty of both countries will prevail in his relationship with Trump, “to advance the broad bilateral agenda.”
Mexico is the main trading partner of the United States, after displacing China in 2023.
“Drug trafficking and migration”
At the center of the binational agenda are also fentanyl trafficking by Mexican cartels, and irregular migration across a common border of more than 3,100 km.
“Mexico always moves forward, we are an independent, free, sovereign country, there will be a good relationship with the United States,” said the president, in office since October 1, in her conference before the press.
During the campaign, Trump made the migratory flow and drug trafficking from Mexico fundamental themes of his speech.
On the eve of the vote, the US president-elect announced that he would quickly notify Sheinbaum about his security and immigration demands.
“I am going to inform you from day one or sooner that if you do not stop this onslaught of criminals and drugs entering our country, I will immediately impose a 25% tariff on everything you send to the United States,” he warned at a rally. .
Trump, who maintained a close relationship with Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Sheinbaum’s mentor and predecessor, then described the new president as “a very, very kind woman,” although he clarified that he does not know her.
“There will be dialogue,” Sheinbaum insisted in the morning, reiterating that the flow of migrants to the border with the United States has decreased 75% since December, according to his government estimates.
He highlighted Mexico’s relationship with the United States, which together with Canada are partners in the North American free trade agreement, T-MEC.
“There is a very important economic integration that benefits both countries, it is a strength of both, we do not compete with each other,” he said.
