Key Takeaways
- Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum refutes US envoy’s remarks at UN conference.
- The US imposed trade tariffs on Mexico to pressure it to crack down on immigration and drug trafficking.
- US-Mexico negotiations are ongoing, with the US pausing some trade tariffs on Mexican goods.
Mexico City: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Tuesday that she will send a diplomatic note to the United States after a U.S. envoy criticised her at a UN conference for holding a political rally Sunday in Mexico’s capital.
The rally aimed to inform the public about the latest U.S.-Mexico negotiations, which led Washington to agree to pause some trade tariffs on Mexican goods.
Cartwright Weiland, U.S. envoy to the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, said that it is too soon to celebrate when women and children are shot to death in Mexican places.
“The truth is there is no reason why, at a United Nations event, he is offering his opinion on an event in Mexico,” the president told her daily press conference.
U.S. President Donald Trump has said the trade tariffs are designed to pressure Mexico into doing more to crack down on immigration and drug trafficking along the U.S.-Mexico border.
