Wahington, Feb 23 (UNI) The administration of US President Donald Trump asked Mexican officials to impose tariffs on goods from China in order to avoid the introduction of US tariffs on goods from Mexico, Bloomberg reported, citing unnamed sources.
Delegations from the US and Mexico met on Thursday in Washington, sources told the agency. US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick was among the US officials in the delegation who spoke about Mexico's tariffs on China. The Mexican delegation was represented by the country's economy minister, Marcelo Ebrard.
Mexico made no commitments regarding China at the meeting, which ended with an agreement to create a working group of both countries to continue to study trade and tariff issues, the sources added.
Trump previously signed executive orders imposing 10% to 25% tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China. Tariffs against goods from Mexico will also be 25%, but on Monday Trump announced a temporary suspension of tariffs for a month to hold talks with the country's authorities.
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