Mexico denies a hidden deal with the United States to avoid the application of tariffs | Chronic

Mexico vehemently denied Monday that there was a hidden or secret point in the deal that sealed last Friday the 5% tariff cut on its products that had threatened the president the United States, Donald Trump.

"There is nothing" of this, said the Mexican Chancellor, Marcelo Ebrardat a press conference during which he acknowledged that, within 45 days, progress in controlling migratory flows with the United States would be badessed and that if his containment plan failed, additional measures would be taken to avoid reactivating the tariff threat.

"The badessment is day 45. And if we do not get any results, we will have to participate in the discussions for an agreement including the return of the asylum seekers from there." a regional point of view. " said Ebrard.

Three days after the signing of the agreement, Trump used his Twitter account to send a message that shook Mexico.

"We have signed and fully documented another very important element of the agreement on security and immigration with Mexico, which the United States has been calling for for years, which will be revealed in the not-too-distant future. far and will require a vote of the Mexican legislative body. "said the head of the White House.

But Ebrard is eager to point out to reporters that there is no surprise to be revealed and badured that all points of the agreement were moving to public status.

For the Mexican Minister of Foreign Affairs, the important thing was to avoid the imposition of customs duties of 5% as of today and 25% from the beginning of the year. October, which "It would have been a collapse for the Mexican economy."

The taxes would be in force if Mexico did not take strong measures to stop the flow of Central Americans from its territory.

Prior to the agreement, Trump had suggested that if the parties reached an agreement, Mexicans would increase their purchases of agricultural products to the United States, which, according to Ebrard, was not disputed.

The Mexican diplomat, whose statements were widely circulated in the local press, however, acknowledged that the pact would be re-examined in 90 days and that the badessment of agreed measures to reduce the flow of migrants to the United States would begin. .

He added that if the numbers were not significantly reduced, a plan including the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and countries such as Guatemala, Panama and Brazil, key points of the transit of migrants, should be discussed. In this case, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will have to seek the support of the Senate.

Mexico has also announced the deployment of thousands of National Guard agents who, according to Ebrard, will not involve the militarization of the southern border.

This mobilization, considered as the Chancellor, was part of the Mexican government's plans and the mobilization will only accelerate.

He also recalled that the negotiations were "wrought up" the imminent imposition of tariffs and recalled that the United States had arrived at the negotiating table with a tone of "ultimatum", with the demand that Mexico become a "safe third country", equivalent to migrants performing their asylum procedure on Mexican territory.

Meanwhile, the border region of southeastern Mexico is still waiting for the arrival of the National Guard to try to contain the flow of migrants from Central America.

Sonia Eloina Hernández, Mayor of Suchiate Municipality, in the state of Chiapas, said Monday in Efe that between Monday and tomorrow the arrival of the National Guard agents was planned and that a land of three hectares was ready for the installation of the barracks of this security organ in this region.