The Yucatán Business Coordinating Council (CCE) says Mexico is not ready to fall into a “month-by-month game,” given the directives of US President Donald Trump.
The president of the Yucatán Business Coordinating Council (CCE), Emilio Blanco del Villar, affirmed that although the imposition of tariffs on Mexican products imported to the United States was postponed until April 2, following an agreement between Presidents Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo and Donald Trump, in the end, neither the country nor the state is ready to fall into a “month-by-month game.”
The business leader acknowledged that the outlook for these negotiations was positive, although he lamented that President Trump postpones his threats every month.
“Today’s Mexico doesn’t move in a month. However, we have to be respectful of other nations and their policies, but we can’t afford to let the trilateral free trade agreement be signed and reviewed until 2026,” he noted.
He was confident that President Sheinbaum Pardo’s upcoming negotiations will be efficient, as he believed the imposition of tariffs on Mexico and other countries has a global impact on everyone. In fact, several stock exchanges have already crashed, and this will put pressure on everyone involved in the negotiations.
He acknowledged that this situation is generating uncertainty among Yucatecan companies, especially those involved in exports, some of which have had to put their investments on hold for fear that the United States will follow through on its threats, as happened with steel and aluminum, whose 25% tariff was applied starting this week.
“It creates uncertainty for all of us. Remember that business owners always live in an environment of uncertainty, but we normally have to be able to plan, and now with the “yes or no” changes, well, exports and imports are halted, and economic development is significantly affected,” he warned.
The local leader of the Employers’ Confederation of the Mexican Republic (Coparmex) also stated that he hopes that after April 2nd, there will be better news regarding this issue and that the underlying problem will be resolved. He assured that the private sector will continue to make proposals to contribute to better solutions to the international conflict.
He stated that the only thing that can change the outlook is for both Yucatán and Mexico to continue their economic growth, through job promotion and with legal certainty, certainty, and the continued arrival of good investments.
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