U.S. clarifies that Wednesday’s tariffs announcement won’t apply to Mexico

After respective hours of disorder and uncertainty connected Wednesday, it was confirmed that Donald Trump’s latest tariff announcement didn’t alteration the presumption quo for Mexico connected commercialized with the United States.

It each began with a lengthy Truth Social station by the U.S. president, successful which helium announced helium was raising tariffs connected imports from China to 125% and lowering the maximum “reciprocal tariff” complaint for scores of different countries to 10% for 90 days.

After the U.S. appeared to mistakenly denote tariffs connected Mexico and Canada, chaos ensued connected Wednesday. (Cuartoscuro)

The United States hasn’t imposed immoderate alleged “reciprocal tariffs” connected imports from Mexico and truthful it appeared that Mexico was unaffected by the announcement.

Enter U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

“Mexico and Canada, are they portion of the 10%?” a newsman asked Bessent.

“Yes,” the treasury caput responded, prompting The New York Times to study that “in a unusual crook of events, the president seems to person added different 10 percent tariff to Canada and Mexico,” frankincense lifting the U.S. tariff connected immoderate Mexican products, specified arsenic alloy and aluminum, to 35% — oregon truthful it appeared.

The Times reported that a White House authoritative clarified “that was the case,” portion the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation said it received a connection from the White House besides confirming that the 10% tariff applied to goods from Canada and Mexico.

“What’s not wide … is what happens to the earlier tariffs connected Canada [and Mexico], the alleged fentanyl tariff of 25 per cent connected immoderate products, and akin tariffs connected steel, aluminum and immoderate automotive trade,” CBC News said connected Wednesday afternoon.

At Mexico News Daily, we continued to show developments. If an further 10% tariff has been imposed connected Mexico’s exports to the United States, arsenic the NYT reported, wherefore is the Mexican peso strengthening, I wondered.

I opened X and came crossed a station by José Díaz Briseño, the United States’ analogous for Mexico’s Reforma newspaper.

• Bessent’s reply tin beryllium interpreted BOTH arsenic a hike & arsenic a simplification of the tariff complaint applicable to Mexico & Canada.

• Proof of the improvised quality of Trump’s announcement.

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— José Díaz Briseño (@diazbriseno) April 9, 2025

“Bessent’s reply tin beryllium interpreted BOTH arsenic a hike & arsenic a simplification of the tariff complaint applicable to Mexico & Canada,” Briseño wrote.

“Proof of the improvised quality of Trump’s announcement,” helium added.

With the peso having strengthened considerably aft concisely trading supra 21 connected Wednesday morning, I reasoned that the U.S. tariff complaint for each Mexican goods not covered by the USMCA escaped commercialized pact had been lowered to 10%.

“Yeah, that’s what I think,” a Mexico News Daily exertion responded aft I conveyed my reasoning to her successful a message.

Fast guardant an hr and I work this: “CBC News is learning archetypal accusation that the 10 per cent baseline tariff applies to Canada whitethorn not beryllium accurate.”

“No 1 knows what the woody is,” I wrote to my editor.

Eventually, the information came out. The concern had not successful information changed for Mexico and Canada, the United States’ largest trading partners.

“From Washington: I americium officially informed that we’re not included successful the 10% reciprocal tariffs announced today,” Mexico’s Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard wrote connected X.

Desde Washington : maine informan oficialmente nary estamos incluidos en los aranceles recíprocos de 10% anunciados el día de hoy. Saludos.

— Marcelo Ebrard C. (@m_ebrard) April 9, 2025

A White House authoritative — presumably not the 1 who said the 10% tariff did use to Mexico and Canada — besides confirmed that Mexico and Canada were not affected by Trump’s announcement of what helium called a “90 time PAUSE” connected “reciprocal tariffs” that are higher than 10%.

And with that the hours of disorder caused by Bessent and others yet came to an end.

So what US tariffs use to imports from Mexico? 

You’d beryllium forgiven for not keeping up with each of the galore and varied developments successful caller months with respect to United States’ tariffs.

These are the tariffs that are presently successful effect for imports from Mexico.

• Tariffs of 25% use to each Mexican goods that don’t comply with the USMCA escaped commercialized pact. These tariffs took effect connected March 4 erstwhile the United States imposed 25% duties connected each imports from Mexico. Trump suspended tariffs connected imports from Mexico covered by the USMCA escaped commercialized pact connected March 6.
• Tariffs of 25% use to Mexican alloy and aluminum and hundreds of products made with those metals. These duties took effect connected March 12. Since April 4, Mexican canned brew and bare aluminum cans person been taxable to these tariffs.
• Tariffs connected vehicles made successful Mexico person been successful effect since April 3. The United States imposed 25% tariffs connected each conveyance imports connected this date, but U.S. contented successful vehicles assembled successful Mexico are exempt from the duty, lowering the effectual tariff connected vehicles made successful Mexico.

Economy Minister Ebrard said past Thursday that the Mexican government’s “goal successful the adjacent 40 days is to execute the champion conditions among each countries of the satellite for the [Mexican] car industry.”

“The aforesaid happening for alloy and aluminum,” helium added.

Mexico has not imposed immoderate retaliatory tariffs connected imports from the United States.

By Mexico News Daily main unit writer Peter Davies ([email protected])