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Getty imagesThe president of the United States, Donald Trump, said that Mexico will not have to pay tariffs on the goods that are under the commercial pact between the two countries and Canada until April 2.
Trump has not confirmed whether the suspension also applies to Canada, but the secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick said Thursday that he hoped that the postponement would be applied to the two neighbors of the United States.
The last movement is the second climbing in two days of Trump in its tariffs.
Wednesday said it would do it temporarily Manufacturers of replacement cars of import taxes of 25% only one day after they entered into force.
Lutnick told CNBC that the temporary exemption of rates for imports from the Canadian car and Mexico could be extended to all products that are part of the United States-México-Canada (USMCA) agreement.
The USMCA was established during Trump’s first mandate. Its 34 chapters covered with cars, dairy and wood among other things, and the agreement included a review every six years.
On Thursday, Trump wrote in Truth Social that Mexico would be exempt until April 2.
“After talking with President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico, I have agreed that Mexico will not have to pay tariffs on anything that falls under the USMCA agreement,” he said.
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