{"id":28286,"date":"2025-02-11T09:50:47","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T16:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/?p=28286"},"modified":"2025-02-11T15:12:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T22:12:58","slug":"tariffs-on-steel-and-aluminum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/tariffs-on-steel-and-aluminum\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIt's unfair\u201d: Marcelo Ebrard, Secretary of Economy of Mexico, on the imposition of tariffs on steel and aluminum imposed by Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mexico's Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard said it was "unfair" for the United States to impose tariffs on Mexican steel and aluminum. Image: morning conference screenshot<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Mexico's Economy Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said it was "unfair" for the United States to impose tariffs on imports of Mexican steel and aluminum, as President Donald Trump has decreed, since Mexico imports much more of these steelmaking materials from the United States than it exports.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Sunday, President Donald Trump signed proclamations imposing a 25 percent tariff on steel and aluminum entering the United States across the board, effective March 12.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the specific case of Mexico, the decree notes that \u201cImports have also increased above historical trade norms in numerous key product lines, such as long reinforcing bars, which have experienced import increases of 1,678 percent from Mexico.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In this regard, Ebrard said during President Claudia Sheinbaum's morning press conference that this is false.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMexico imports more steel from the United States than it exports. There is no such thing as a 1,600 percent increase. The United States sells us more, so this tariff is not justified. I am talking about aluminum and steel,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is unfair! According to President Trump's own arguments, because we have, I repeat, more imports from the United States than exports,\u201d he emphasized.<\/span><\/p>\n

The official explained that Mexico is the main destination for total steel product exports from the United States, representing 52 percent of its global exports by the end of 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the US government's own information, Ebrard explained that the US surplus has been 1.2 million tons per year on average since 2015, while in 2025 it will reach 2.3 million tons. In contrast, Mexico's exports to the United States have returned to 2015-2017 levels.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ebrard explained that the US surplus has been 1.2 million tons per year on average since 2015, while in 2025 it will reach 2.3 million tons. In contrast, Mexico's exports to the United States have returned to 2015-2017 levels.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

"If it were to be imposed starting March 12, it would be a very unusual case because a tariff would be imposed on a country to which the United States sells the most," he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Marcelo Ebrard said that the instruction he has from President Sheinbaum is: number one, consultations with the new administration to present the information we have; however, the US Secretary of Commerce must be ratified this week by the Senate, in order to have an official bilateral meeting. As well as the head of the USTR (Office of the US Trade Representative).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNext week, I will have personal communication, via Zoom or as determined, with both of them to present Mexico's arguments.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Secretary of Economy called for common sense to avoid \u201cshooting ourselves in the foot.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBecause this, President Trump sometimes says, is common sense; well, we take him at his word: common sense, not a shot in the foot. Not destroying what we have built over the last 40 years.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In this regard, President Claudia Sheinbaum said that she has been working for months with the Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit on different alternatives to this proclamation, in order to arrive at the meeting with the U.S. authorities with everything they need to know about it.<\/span><\/p>\n

In this regard, he stressed that he is confident that the arguments will be heard. \u201cPersuade and insist. Persevere and move forward,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n

You may be interested in:<\/strong> International leaders back Mexico after President Sheinbaum negotiates with Trump<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Escucha esta nota:   El secretario de Econom\u00eda de M\u00e9xico, Marcelo Ebrard, refiri\u00f3 que \u201ces injusto\u201d que Estados Unidos aplique aranceles a la importaci\u00f3n de acero y aluminio mexicanos, como lo ha decretado el presidente Donald Trump, toda vez que M\u00e9xico importa mucho m\u00e1s de estos materiales sider\u00fargicos de la uni\u00f3n americana que de lo […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":28287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-28286","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-usworld"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28286"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28297,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28286\/revisions\/28297"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}