Mexican president is perhaps altering view on US as Trump win sends warning to ruling socialists

Mexico Metropolis – President Claudia Sheinbaum’s administration is contemplating adjusting sure insurance policies in response to the anticipated challenges posed by President-elect Trump’s return to workplace, looking for to safeguard Mexico’s financial pursuits, and handle immigration successfully.

Fearing that measures from the approaching Trump administration is perhaps dangerous to Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum and different officers have expressed a dedication to sustaining a optimistic bilateral relationship whereas emphasizing Mexico’s sovereignty. At a latest press convention, she reassured Mexicans that there’s “no purpose for concern” concerning the election final result, indicating confidence within the stability of bilateral relations. “We are going to work with dialogue and respect for our sovereignties,” she mentioned. 

Rodrigo Montes de Oca, a scholar on the Baker Institute Middle for the U.S. and Mexico, talked to Fox Information Digital and mentioned that “the bilateral relationship will not be diminished to a single difficulty however shall be addressed in a broader method.” He defined that “former President López Obrador – AMLO, was very skillful in having the ability to focus the complete bilateral relationship on a single difficulty: immigration.

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He continued, “If AMLO cooperated on immigration, the Biden administration turned the opposite approach on necessary points akin to safety and fentanyl trafficking and all of the antidemocratic insurance policies that Mexico was and is selling. Now with the approaching Trump administration, every part goes to be way more complicated as a result of they won’t solely give attention to immigration but in addition on commerce and safety. That’s the reason Trump went as far as to say throughout the marketing campaign that if Mexico didn’t cooperate on these points, he would make public the U.S. authorities’s intelligence info on politicians in Mexico who’re associated to drug cartels. The connection goes to be approached in a extra complete approach. I do not see that the Mexican authorities is making ready for that.”

With Trump’s plans for mass deportations and extra immigration controls, Mexico is predicted to strengthen its immigration insurance policies. This will contain elevated enforcement at its southern border and expanded cooperation with U.S. authorities to handle migration flows successfully. Such measures purpose to deal with U.S. considerations whereas upholding Mexico’s sovereignty and humanitarian commitments. 

President Claudia Sheinbaum has continued Mexico’s present methods to handle and discourage migrant caravans touring towards the USA. These measures embrace the deployment of the Nationwide Guard and different safety forces to intercept and disperse migrant teams on the southern border. This method goals to stop giant caravans from forming and progressing northward. 

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Mexican authorities has organized flights to repatriate migrants to their nations of origin, looking for to scale back the variety of people trying to cross Mexico en path to the U.S. Mexico continues to work intently with U.S. authorities to handle migration flows, together with accepting sure deported migrants and implementing insurance policies to manage the surge of people looking for entry into the USA. 

President-elect Trump’s proposed tariffs on Mexican exports, significantly within the automotive sector, have prompted Mexico to think about reciprocal measures. Financial system Minister Marcelo Ebrard indicated that Mexico would possibly impose its personal tariffs on U.S. imports if such U.S. tariffs are enacted, emphasizing the potential financial repercussions for each nations. 

Montes de Oca informed Fox Information Digital that “Mexico wants to organize a complete plan to deal with the present violence within the nation; in any other case, it might face financial repercussions that might have an effect on the renegotiation of the USMCA commerce deal in 2026.”  In response to Trump’s earlier threats of navy motion in opposition to drug cartels, Mexico would possibly improve its safety methods to mitigate the chance of unilateral U.S. interventions which the Mexican authorities is afraid of. 

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The President of the Mexican Senate, Gerardo Fernández Noroña, mentioned that “Donald Trump is a tough man, however he doesn’t eat fireplace, he is aware of very nicely the significance of the connection with our nation, he is aware of very nicely the significance of the Mexican neighborhood in the USA and that he had crucial assist from Mexicans throughout the election.” He additionally talked about that “Claudia Sheinbaum has the flexibility, firmness, character, preparation and the favored assist to get together with him accurately.”

Congressman Raúl Torres, who’s Home Consultant of Mexicans Overseas, spoke with Fox Information Digital: “Claudia Sheinbaum’s administration must reinforce the safety technique on the southern border by deploying the Nationwide Guard and strengthening the presence of the Nationwide Migration Institute. Likewise, she should change the narrative and a brand new approach of negotiating with the U.S. given the upcoming negotiation of the USMCA commerce deal. She should put on the middle an financial agenda to empower Mexicans in the USA, whose weight is rising daily since lots of them open companies, generate jobs and voted for Donald Trump.”

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Consultants contemplate it’s nonetheless early and unsure to know the extent to which Sheinbaum’s authorities shall be open to altering sure positions and insurance policies to profit the connection with the USA. Primarily in safety, since her predecessor most popular to guard felony teams as a substitute of combating them. She promised continuity in every part, and safety coverage might be the purpose of most rigidity with the approaching Trump administration.