Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has responded to President Trump’s 25% tariffs on Mexican goods, promising to announce retaliatory tariffs at a weekend event. Mexico’s delayed response appears aimed at deescalating Trump’s trade war; however, President Sheinbaum responded forcefully after the White House published what it called a “fact sheet” claiming her government has granted cartels safe havens to produce narcotics and to traffic them into the United States.

President Claudia Sheinbaum: “On the night of March 3rd, last night, the White House published an offensive, defamatory and unsubstantiated statement about the government of Mexico that we categorically deny and condemn.”