Mexico president touts friendly Trump call, looks to ease tariff tensions | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Trump's proposed tariffs would appear to contravene the U.S.-Mexico-Canada free-trade pact, which Trump signed during his first term and is up for review in 2026.
51% : Trump also suggested 25% tariffs on Canada and "an additional 10% tariff, above any additional tariffs" on China.
41% : "It was a good conversation and we are going to keep having conversations," Sheinbaum told a morning press conference, in which she said the two had not directly discussed tariffs but talked about the reasons Trump gave for potentially implementing them - illegal migration and fentanyl trafficking.
36% : Sheinbaum struck a more conciliatory tone a day after saying Mexico would retaliate if Trump carries out his pledge to impose a 25% tariff on Mexican and Canadian imports.
33% : Following Wednesday's call, Trump said on social-media platform Truth Social that Sheinbaum had "agreed to stop migration through Mexico, and into the United States, effectively closing our Southern Border.

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