Mexican auto exports adjust to a new trade landscape: Tuesday’s mañanera recapped

President Claudia Sheinbaum discussed the latest information connected Mexican car exports and the concern successful Gaza astatine her Tuesday greeting property conference.

Health Minister David Kershenobich Stalnikowitz spoke astir puerility obesity and diabetes, but failed to contiguous his accusation arsenic intelligibly arsenic helium would person liked.

Here is simply a recap of Sheinbaum’s May 27 mañanera.

Sheinbaum responds to information showing diminution successful car exports successful April

A newsman brought up the latest commercialized information published by nationalist statistic bureau INEGI, which showed that the worth of Mexican exports accrued 5.8% annually successful April to US $54.29 billion, but car assemblage export gross fell 7.1% to $15.3 billion.

Sheinbaum said that owed to United States’ tariffs and tariff threats, “a batch of companies, including automotive ones, decided to export much successful March than they usually export [that month]” and arsenic a effect car assemblage exports declined successful April.

In March, U.S. President Donald Trump announced a 25% tariff “on each cars that are not made successful the United States,” though U.S. contented successful vehicles assembled successful Mexico is exempt from the duty, reducing the effectual tariff to 15% connected average, according to Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard. The U.S. tariff connected overseas cars took effect connected April 3.

The menace of Trump tariffs caused an antithetic bump successful car exports successful March earlier import duties were instituted, Sheinbaum said. (Audi México)

Mexican car parts that comply with USMCA rules are exempt from the 25% U.S. tariff connected parts that took effect earlier this month.

Sheinbaum told reporters that companies that run successful Mexico “took advantage” of pauses connected (fentanyl-related) tariffs that Mexico achieved acknowledgment to agreements she struck with Trump successful February and March.

They utilized this play to export much goods, she said.

For that reason, exports of vehicles accrued successful February and March, Sheinbaum said, adding that “we believe” the simplification successful car assemblage exports successful April “has to bash with that.”

“Speaking with the automakers, that’s fundamentally what they’re telling us,” she said.

“… The important happening … is that beyond the automotive assemblage a batch of different manufacturing companies accrued exports to the United States and different countries [in April],” Sheinbaum said.

Sheinbaum condemns concern successful Gaza 

A newsman enactment it to the president that “we’re watching successful existent clip a genocide that Israel is committing successful the Gaza Strip.”

Nancy Flores, an investigative writer with Contralínea, cited reports connected “the execution of babies, boys, girls, women and the elderly” and asked Sheinbaum whether she was considering breaking disconnected diplomatic relations with Israel arsenic to bash truthful “could beryllium a mode to amusement that we’re against this cruel, inhumane genocide.”

Sheinbaum has antecedently voiced her enactment for a two-state solution. (Galo Cañas/Cuartoscuro)

“First of each we condemn this situation,” said Sheinbaum, Mexico’s archetypal pistillate president and besides the country’s archetypal president with a Jewish background.

“Secondly, what we’re seeking is bid and that is the overseas argumentation of our country,” she said.

Sheinbaum said that Foreign Affairs Minister Juan Ramón de la Fuente is actively engaged successful “looking for each means” done which bid tin beryllium reached successful Gaza.

“That is the overseas argumentation of Mexico and the 1 we’re pursuing each day,” she said.

Sheinbaum, a protagonist of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, didn’t straight respond to the question astir whether her authorities would see ending diplomatic relations with Israel.

In March, the president officially recognized Nadya Rasheed arsenic the Palestinian Ambassador to Mexico erstwhile the ambassador presented her missive of credence astatine the National Palace.

Sheinbaum welcomes Palestinian Ambassador Nadya Rasheed

On Oct. 11, conscionable 10 days aft she was sworn successful arsenic president, Sheinbaum remarked:

“We condemn the aggression being endured by the Palestinian people, and we firmly judge that Palestine, similar Israel, indispensable beryllium recognized successful its afloat sovereignty. This has been Mexico’s longstanding position, and it remains unchanged.”

Health curate presents alarming — but inaccurate — information connected puerility obesity and diabetes 

Health Minister David Kershenobich Stalnikowitz told reporters that among children who person undertaken wellness checks successful schools 39% endure from obesity and 38% person diabetes.

He didn’t accidental however galore children person undertaken wellness checks successful schools, successful which junk nutrient tin nary longer beryllium sold owed to a prohibition that took effect earlier this year.

Kershenobich’s remarks were reported by galore Mexican media outlets successful articles with headlines specified arsenic “Health Ministry: Almost 40% of girls and boys successful Mexico person diabetes oregon obesity.”

Later connected Tuesday morning, the national Health Ministry issued a correction.

Health Minister David Kershenobich Stalnikowitz flub spurred alarm implicit the authorities of children’s wellness — until the Health Ministry issued a correction. (Hazel Cárdenas/Presidencia)

“The wellness curate clarifies that the close information indicates that 39% of children assessed successful nationalist schools are overweight and obese,” said the Health Ministry statement.

In different words, 39% of assessed children are either overweight or obese.

Kershenobich besides clarified that 38% of the assessed children person “visual weakness,” but don’t needfully person diabetes.

In the statement, helium offered an apology for the “confusion” his remarks “may person created.”

The 82-year-old wellness curate (born connected the aforesaid time successful 1942 arsenic erstwhile U.S. president Joe Biden) besides spoke astir the antagonistic interaction excessive depletion of sweetener tin person connected children’s health.

His presumption astatine Sheinbaum’s property league came aft the president said that immoderate children person asked her wherefore candy and different saccharine things person disappeared from schools.

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