Tariff package on Asian imports will protect 350,000 jobs: Monday’s mañanera recapped

The resurgence of the governmental close successful Latin America and Mexico’s precocious approved tariffs were among the issues spoken astir astatine President Claudia Sheinbaum’s Monday greeting property conference.

Here is simply a recap of the president’s Dec. 15 mañanera.

Sheinbaum: Shift to the close won’t hap successful Mexico 

Citing the triumph of José Antonio Kast successful Chile’s statesmanlike predetermination connected Sunday arsenic good arsenic the results of caller elections successful Argentina and Bolivia, a newsman asked the president astir the displacement to the close of “some voters successful Latin America.”

Sheinbaum responded that the concern successful “each country” would request to beryllium analyzed to find wherefore voters successful immoderate Latin American nations person precocious supported right-wing candidates and parties successful ample numbers.

“Obviously, we privation determination to beryllium much governments [that are] adjacent to the people, but decisions indispensable ever beryllium made democratically,” she added.

“In the lawsuit of Chile, it was a antiauthoritarian vote. The radical of Chile decided who they privation to govern them,” said Sheinbaum, who congratulated Kast successful a societal media post.

Felicitamos al pueblo chileno por una jornada electoral pacífica y democrática. También a José Antonio Kast, próximo presidente de Chile.

Confío en que ambos gobiernos seguiremos trabajando por el bien de nuestros países y de la región.

— Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo (@Claudiashein) December 15, 2025

She besides said she believes that “it’s a clip of reflection for progressive movements successful Latin America,” a clip to analyse wherefore “these circumstances” occur.

Sheinbaum subsequently said that she doesn’t judge determination volition beryllium a displacement to the close among Mexican voters, who supported some the existent president and her predecessor successful ample numbers astatine the 2018 and 2024 statesmanlike elections.

The reasons she cited for her content were that “there is simply a batch of fashionable enactment for the government,” and the question she leads is getting “results.”

Seeking to explicate the precocious levels of enactment for her administration, Sheinbaum said that it is fulfilling its promises.

With respect to “results,” she cited the simplification successful poorness and inequality that has been achieved successful Mexico since erstwhile president Andrés Manuel López Obrador — the laminitis of the “fourth transformation” (4T) governmental question — took bureau successful precocious 2018.

“The bulk of the Mexicans hold with the translation that our state is going through,” said Sheinbaum, who present leads the 4T.

“And, successful addition, determination is unity here. Sometimes, erstwhile determination isn’t unity successful [political] movements, this simplification successful enactment occurs. But not here. What we ever question present is unity successful our question and results,” she said.

“… And we’ll ne'er wantonness what we committed to oregon the imaginativeness that the authorities is determination to service the people. That’s wherefore the authorities has a batch of fashionable support,” Sheinbaum said.

Ebrard talks caller tariff package 

Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard attended the mañanera to talk astir the tariffs measure that was approved by Congress past week.

On Jan. 1, 2026, tariffs volition beryllium increased, oregon imposed for the archetypal time, connected much than 1,400 products from countries with which Mexico doesn’t person commercialized agreements, including China, South Korea and India. Products crossed much than a twelve sectors volition beryllium affected by the changes, including textiles, car parts and cars.

Ebrard said that the “objective” of the “tariff package” is, “in short,” to support 350,000 jobs successful Mexico. That fig of jobs crossed sectors including textiles, clothing, footwear, alloy and automotive are astatine hazard of being mislaid wrong a twelvemonth owed to the influx of inexpensive exports, helium said.

“When the playing tract is uneven, you person to close it, remedy that disadvantage oregon injustice,” Ebrard said connected Monday. (Gabriel Monroy/Presidencia)

“We person the demand, the constituent of view, the insistence of the textile and covering industry, the footwear industry, the alloy industry, and present I’ll besides notation the automotive manufacture [to summation tariffs] … not due to the fact that they can’t compete, but due to the fact that products are being brought successful astatine prices beneath planetary notation levels,” Ebrard said.

“In different words, determination isn’t a level playing field, due to the fact that if determination were, applying a tariff wouldn’t beryllium justified. But erstwhile the playing tract is uneven, you person to close it, remedy that disadvantage oregon injustice,” helium said.

Among different remarks, the system curate said that:

• Mexico is the world’s fifth-largest conveyance shaper and wants to support that position.
• Mexico’s nonsubjective is to summation by 15% the “national content” successful goods made successful Mexico.
• Mexico is not specifically targeting immoderate 1 state with the tariffs, but alternatively imposing them connected goods from each countries with which it doesn’t person commercialized agreements.
• The tariffs volition lone adhd 0.2 percent points to Mexico’s ostentation rate.

Sheinbaum said past week that the tariffs weren’t specifically aimed astatine China, adjacent though it seems they are. The East Asian economical powerhouse is easy the largest supplier to Mexico among the countries targeted and has a ample commercialized surplus with Mexico. After the Mexican Congress’s support of the tariffs, the Chinese authorities urged Mexico to “correct its incorrect practices of unilateralism and protectionism” arsenic soon arsenic possible.

While the Mexican authorities says that the main intent of the tariffs is to support Mexican manufacture and jobs, the determination to enforce them is wide seen arsenic an effort to appease the United States up of adjacent year’s UMSCA review.

Sheinbaum speaks to the pope 

Sheinbaum acknowledged that she spoke to Pope Leo XIV past Friday as the Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe was being celebrated successful Mexico.

She said that the telephone was arranged done the Apostolic Nuncio to Mexico, Joseph Spiteri.

“He precise kindly accepted the call, which we appreciate,” Sheinbaum said.

She said that Pope Leo — the archetypal U.S.-born pope — is precise funny successful coming to Mexico, though she noted that nary day has been set.

Sheinbaum said helium is besides funny successful strengthening programs connected which the Catholic Church collaborates with the national government, specified arsenic the Sí al Desarme, Sí a la Paz (Yes to Disarmament, Yes to Peace) scheme.

“I spoke to him astir this programme and however important it is for the country,” she said.

“And helium was precise warm,” Sheinbaum said, adding that the pope sent his regards to the radical of Mexico.

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