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‘Hope he doesn’t screw up relationships’: Biden on Trump’s tariff threats against Canada, Mexico

Biden, who met with Trump at the White House earlier this month, reiterated that he wanted the transition between his outgoing administration and the president-elect’s incoming one to go smoothly US President Joe Biden on Thursday said he hoped President-elect Donald Trump would rethink his plan to impose tariffs on Mexico and Canada, saying it could “screw up” relationships with …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

Biden on Trump's plan to impose tariffs on Mexico: Can screw up relationships

India Today

US President Joe Biden on Thursday said he hoped President-elect Donald Trump would rethink his plan to impose tariffs on Mexico and Canada, saying it could "screw up" relationships with close allies. Trump on Monday said he would impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico until they clamped down on drugs and migrants crossing the border, in a move that would …

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Canada, Mexico leaders stress cooperation after Trump tariffs threat

Al Jazeera

Justin Trudeau and Claudia Sheinbaum urge dialogue as Donald Trump plans to hit US neighbours with 25-percent tariffs. The leaders of Mexico and Canada are urging dialogue and cooperation after United States President-elect Donald Trump pledged to impose 25-percent tariffs on the two countries when he takes office early next year. In a post on social media on Monday evening, …

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4 weeks ago

Bluff or existential threat? As Trump vows tariffs on all imports from Canada, Mexico and China, leaders wonder if he’s serious

LA Times

World leaders, economists and investors are struggling over how to view President-elect Donald Trump’s repeated threats to impose broad tariffs on imports to the United States. In a post Monday on his Truth Social platform, Trump said he would levy a 25% tariff on goods from Canada and Mexico “until such time as Drugs, in particular Fentanyl, and all Illegal …

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1 month ago

Mexico acknowledges Canada’s concerns about a Chinese auto plant, but says none exists

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president acknowledged Thursday that Canada is concerned about reports of a Chinese company’s plan to build an auto plant in Mexico, but she said it does not currently exist. “The prime minister does not agree with taking Mexico out of the treaty, he told me so clearly,” Sheinbaum said following the bilateral meeting the two leaders …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Mexico appears to abandon its ‘hugs, not bullets’ strategy as bloodshed plagues the country

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — For the last six years, Mexico bragged about its oft-questioned “hugs, not bullets” strategy, in which its leaders avoided confrontations with drug cartels that were gradually taking control of large parts of the country. Sheinbaum has studiously avoided using the “hugs, not bullets” slogan popularized by her predecessor and mentor, former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Sheinbaum, a ‘child of 1968,’ apologizes for historic ‘atrocity’ in Tlatelolco, Mexico City

LA Times

Calling herself a “child of 1968,” Mexico’s newly inaugurated President Claudia Sheinbaum issued a formal apology Wednesday for one of the country’s most notorious episodes — the brutal repression and murder of student protesters 56 years ago in the capital’s Tlatelolco district. Soldiers stand guard on Oct. 12, 1968, for the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Mexico City, …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Catholic leaders raise concerns over judicial reform pushed by Mexico’s president

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Catholic leaders said Monday that the judicial reform pushed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador might not necessarily bring justice for victims of the crime wave that is rampant across the country. “May they contemplate the benefit of the nation beyond unnecessary partisanship, so we can move towards a comprehensive reform that includes prosecutors’ offices, local …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Challenges before Mexico's first woman president

Hindustan Times

On June 4 Claudia Sheinbaum made history by becoming the first woman president of Mexico, a country of 130 million people. The discourse on increasing the participation of women in leadership and policy making started in 1975 at the United Nations’ First World Conference on Women, coincidentally held in Mexico City. In 2018, women won half the seats in Mexico’s …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Biden, US-Mexico Border Crisis Loom Large in Sheinbaum’s Early Hours

Live Mint

Claudia Sheinbaum had mere hours to enjoy the victory that will make her Mexico’s first female president before her northern neighbor reminded her how difficult the new gig will be. {{^adFree}} {{/adFree}} A congratulatory call from President Joe Biden on Monday came amid reports that he would sign an executive order limiting asylum claims at the country’s southern border, the …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Leaders praise ‘historic’ victory as Sheinbaum triumphs in Mexican election

Al Jazeera

Leaders from across the Americas have offered congratulations to Claudia Sheinbaum, whose thumping victory in Mexico’s national election will make her the first woman to hold the presidency in the country’s history. “I am very happy with her victory, because she represents my great friend Lopez Obrador who has led an extraordinary government,” Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

As two women vie for Mexico’s presidency, why are there questions about their ability to govern?

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Are Mexicans ready for a woman president? The question of whether Mexicans are ready — or not — for a female president carries an implicit doubt of whether a woman or, in this case, whether the two female candidates are prepared to govern the country, said Julia Zulver, a researcher from the Latin American Centre at Oxford …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Mexico’s presidential candidates sign commitment for peace with church leaders concerned by violence

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s presidential candidates on Monday signed a commitment for peace with Catholic Church leaders that proposes strategies to reduce the violence in the country. During the meeting led by the Episcopal Conference of Mexico, presidential front-runner and ruling party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum said she would be open to dialogue but didn’t accept several criticisms of President Andrés …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Over 50 countries go to the polls in 2024. The year will test even the most robust democracies

Associated Press

LONDON — More than 50 countries that are home to half the planet’s population are due to hold national elections in 2024, but the number of citizens exercising the right to vote is not unalloyed good news. LEADERS LOOK TO TIGHTEN THEIR GRIPS Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the world’s longest-serving female leader, won a fourth successive term Monday in …

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‘Hope he doesn’t screw up relationships’: Biden on Trump’s tariff threats against Canada, Mexico

Biden on Trump's plan to impose tariffs on Mexico: Can screw up relationships

Canada, Mexico leaders stress cooperation after Trump tariffs threat

Bluff or existential threat? As Trump vows tariffs on all imports from Canada, Mexico and China, leaders wonder if he’s serious

Mexico acknowledges Canada’s concerns about a Chinese auto plant, but says none exists

Mexico appears to abandon its ‘hugs, not bullets’ strategy as bloodshed plagues the country

Sheinbaum, a ‘child of 1968,’ apologizes for historic ‘atrocity’ in Tlatelolco, Mexico City

Catholic leaders raise concerns over judicial reform pushed by Mexico’s president

Challenges before Mexico's first woman president

Biden, US-Mexico Border Crisis Loom Large in Sheinbaum’s Early Hours

Leaders praise ‘historic’ victory as Sheinbaum triumphs in Mexican election

As two women vie for Mexico’s presidency, why are there questions about their ability to govern?

Mexico’s presidential candidates sign commitment for peace with church leaders concerned by violence

Over 50 countries go to the polls in 2024. The year will test even the most robust democracies