According to Rob Lever Editorial contributor for AFP USA, Mexico is bracing for a trade battle with the United States following a tariff threat from President-elect Donald Trump, but social media posts claiming the country ordered duties on US-made products in December 2024 are false. A video presented as evidence shows President Claudia Sheinbaum signing a measure to protect the Mexican textile industry that excludes its North American trading partners.
“The President of Mexico signed an official document ordering tariffs on products made in the United States. Does she know what are the consequences?” says the text over a December 23, 2024 TikTok video.
The same video was shared on other platforms including X, Facebook, and Gettr, with comments suggesting that Sheinbaum was making a pre-emptive move after Trump announced in November a plan to impose 25 percent duties on goods from Mexico and Canada to pressure US neighbors to curb illegal immigration and drug trafficking.
Others made the same claim in Spanish and Chinese.
Sheinbaum has said her government would respond to any new US tariffs but dismissed Trump’s claim that Mexico would close its borders.
And the claims of a pre-emptive tariff move by Mexico against the United States are false.
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