Trump Says Deal Reached to Delay Tariffs on Mexico for 1 Month

Trump said he agreed to ‘immediately pause’ tariffs on Mexico. Tariffs on Canada and China are still set to take effect on Tuesday.
Trump Says Deal Reached to Delay Tariffs on Mexico for 1 Month
(Left) Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum listens to a question during her daily press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City on Nov. 6, 2024; (Right) President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on Jan. 29, 2025. Alfredo Estrella, Pedro Ugarte/AFP via Getty Images
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U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced on Feb. 3 that they reached a deal to delay 25 percent U.S. tariffs on Mexican goods that were due to take effect on Tuesday.

Sheinbaum wrote on social media platform X that Mexico and the United States reached a series of agreements, and that Mexico will immediately send 10,000 members of its National Guard to the U.S.–Mexico border targeting the trafficking of illicit fentanyl.
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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