And his PAN colleagues “don’t sing rancheras badly: senators, senators looking to go to the United States to speak ill of Mexico, and yesterday Mexico won,” he emphasized.
He pointed out that for the opposition, “it doesn’t matter what we do; they want the Mexican government to do badly; that’s their vision, and they don’t care if it affects the people.”
He noted that “they would have liked the United States to have raised tariffs, because they would have had a narrative, a refrain of, ‘Look, we told you the government is doing badly,’ etc.
Even worse, he said, “they have a figure like the president of the PRI, a notorious figure with corruption scandals, who accompanies his political career, going to the United States to denounce falsehoods as well. In other words, besides wanting Mexico to do badly, they’re traitors! The truth is, they have no other name.
He emphasized that, of course, “internationally, we are experiencing a complex situation because the President of the United States, elected by his people, has made the decision to change the international trade framework we had experienced until January 20, 2025.”
Beyond whether one agrees or not, it’s a vision he has, and what we’ve sought is not to confront each other, defending our principles.
He emphasized: “We have not compromised on anything related to our principles, pursuing a good relationship on various issues. Maintaining our project, our principles, and within that framework, the work that the entire team has been doing in our relationship with the United States government allows us to say that we are one of the least affected countries.”
But “there are impacts, as we have a 50 percent tariff on steel and aluminum; less than 25 percent on automotive, because there are discounts related to parts manufacturing in the United States, Mexico, and Canada, but ultimately what affects us affects everyone.”
He emphasized that with the agreement reached yesterday, “there is a very large percentage of goods that continue to have zero tariffs, which maintain the advantages of having the Mexico-United States-Canada Treaty.”
He insisted that he has maintained the relationship with a “cool head, understanding the United States’ arguments, supporting our own, maintaining our principles, and always seeking the best possible outcome.”
He considered that there are media outlets that also don’t consider what has been achieved “a good thing, because they are also looking for the government’s failure, only to be left wanting.”
This is because, he stated, “popular support is very high, because we have not betrayed the people, but also, in this difficult context, the Mexican economy is doing well: growth of 0.7 percent, one of the highest of many countries, and the long-term vision we have with Plan Mexico, to strengthen the domestic market, replace imports from other places; as we have been proposing, to seek other markets in addition to the United States.”
