Mexican Foreign Minister Juan Ramon de la Fuente on Wednesday spoke with the US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau in a call focused on boosting bilateral relations.
Mexico’s foreign ministry, in a post on X, said the officials talked about security, migration and trade issues.
According to the ministry, Landau, during the call acknowledged the work carried out by Mexico in the areas, adding that both men agreed to exchange information regularly and to schedule a face-to-face meeting in the near future.
It was gathered that officials from the neighboring countries have been holding ad hoc talks to discuss bilateral relations and tariffs, as US President Donald Trump widens a trade war that the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said last week would sap economic growth in the US, Mexico and other global trading partners.
Recall that on Wednesday, Trump announced 25% tariffs on all car imports into the United States and on April 2 plans to unveil reciprocal tariffs that he says are necessary to recalibrate years of trade imbalances.
Mexico is said to be one of the biggest exporters of vehicles to the US.
It was gathered that Mexico’s Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard is currently in Washington and held talks with the US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.
Ebrard said on X that he will disclose information from that call on Thursday morning during President Claudia Sheinbaum’s daily press conference.
