(4 Apr 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mexico City – 3 April 2025
1. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum arriving at event to announce measures to boost Mexico’s economy
2. Participants being introduced
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Claudia Sheinbaum, President of Mexico:
"We are still in talks with the U.S. government to improve the conditions for steel and aluminum exports and for the automotive industry, which will allow us to achieve a better agreement."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Toluca, Mexico – 3 April 2025
4. Aerial of plant from multinational automotive manufacturing company Stellantis, closed after tariff announcement ++MUTE++
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Puebla, Mexico – 3 April 2025
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5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Isidro Morales, expert in North American integration:
"I believe that even though here they (Mexican government) want to portray it (exclusion from U.S. general tariffs) as a victory, they must ensure that the rule of origin is not interpreted in the way Trump wants to interpret it, and enforce the document shielding the automotive sector (from tariffs) that was signed precisely with that perspective in 2018, as part of USMCA."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Toluca, Mexico – 3 April 2025
6. Aerial of Stellantis plant exterior ++MUTE++
7. Various of workers entering and leaving plant
STORYLINE:
Mexico celebrated Thursday having dodged the latest round of tariffs from the White House taking aim at dozens of U.S. trading partners around the world, but was also quickly reminded that in a global economy the effects of uncertainty can’t be entirely avoided.
Despite Trump’s latest tariffs not being imposed on Mexico, the uncertainty they created and the interconnectedness of the North American auto supply chains meant it didn’t take long for the effects to touch Mexico.
Stellantis, maker of auto brands including Dodge and Jeep, announced that it would pause production at its assembly plant in Toluca west of Mexico City for the month of April while it assesses the tariffs’ impact on its operations.
The company has more than 15,000 employees in Mexico.
A similar temporary production halt was scheduled for an assembly plant in Canada and some 900 workers were to be temporarily laid off across several plants in the United States.
Trump’s latest announcement on tariffs was a welcome relief for Mexico, but according to analysts, the unpredictable nature of Trump’s style of government means that the future remains challenging.
Isidro Morales, a professor specializing in North American integration, said that Mexico has to "enforce the document shielding the automotive sector (from tariffs) that was signed precisely with that perspective in 2018, as part of USMCA."
That uncertainty is part of the reasons why Sheinbaum is pushing Plan Mexico, an initiative to promote and cultivate more domestic production.
Sheinbaum is seeking to use that opportunity to encourage companies producing in Mexico who had not been exporting under the free-trade agreement for various reasons to take the necessary steps to qualify.
Qualifying for the free-trade agreement could involve anything from doing paperwork to making adjustments to the sourcing of a product.
Now her government will focus on the existing 25% U.S. tariffs on imported autos, steel and aluminum, while accelerating domestic production to safeguard jobs and reduce imports.
AP Video by Christian Torres, Fernanda Pesce, Martín Silva Rey and Alexis Triboulard
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