{"id":432806,"date":"2024-11-28T06:24:21","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T03:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=432806"},"modified":"2024-11-28T06:24:21","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T03:24:21","slug":"mexico-warns-trump-proposed-tariffs-to-cost-400000-us-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/mexico-warns-trump-proposed-tariffs-to-cost-400000-us-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico warns Trump-proposed tariffs to cost 400,000 US jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mexico\u2019s president and economy minister have given the clearest picture yet of how their government will respond to United States President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s\u00a0proposed\u00a0tariffs on the country, which their government has warned will cost 400,000 US jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a news conference on Wednesday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said the Mexican response would be swift if Trump followed through on the plans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there are US tariffs, Mexico would also raise tariffs,\u201d Sheinbaum said.<\/p>\n<p>The comments were the latest response to Trump\u2019s\u00a0statement\u00a0on Monday that he plans to impose massive tariffs not just on China, but on Canada and Mexico as well, at a whopping 25-percent rate.<\/p>\n<p>Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard also warned against Trump starting a regional trade war, calling the cost to US workers \u201chuge\u201d.<\/p>\n<div id=\"root\">\n<div class=\"css-15dx29c\">\n<div class=\"container container--grid container--article container--white container--vertical-padding\">\n<div class=\"container__inner\">\n<div class=\"l-col l-col--8\"><main id=\"main-content-area\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Main content area\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg--all-content css-ibbk12\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>\u201cAround 400,000 jobs will be lost\u201d in the US, he said, pointing to a study based on figures from US carmakers that manufacture in Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"video-player-facade-container\">\n<div class=\"aj-video-player in-article-bc-video-player aj-parsed-component\">\n<div class=\"vjs-poster\" aria-disabled=\"false\"><picture class=\"vjs-poster\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cf-images.eu-west-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/665003303001\/ef1f25bf-f678-4055-aac3-a3c966280f74\/7f95a0fc-747a-4910-ad05-7e5c420a21b5\/1920x1080\/match\/image.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"vjs-text-track-display\" translate=\"yes\" aria-live=\"off\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><main id=\"main-content-area\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Main content area\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg--all-content css-ibbk12\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>He added the impact would extend beyond workers to US consumers. For example, Ebrard said, most pick-up trucks sold in the US are manufactured in Mexico. He claimed Trump\u2019s tariffs would add $3,000 to the cost of a new vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is why we say that it would be a shot in the foot,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Source: Al Jazeera<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mexico\u2019s president and economy minister have given the clearest picture yet of how their government will respond to United States President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s\u00a0proposed\u00a0tariffs on the country, which their government has warned will cost 400,000 US jobs. Speaking at a news conference on Wednesday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said the Mexican response would be swift if [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":432807,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-432806","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432806"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":432808,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432806\/revisions\/432808"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}