Mexico's president has 'excellent' conversation with Trump amid tariff row

Nov. 27 (UPI) -- President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico said she had an "excellent conversation" with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday, lowering tensions stoked this week by the American leader's threat to impose punitive tariffs against allies Mexico and Canada, over allegations that migrants and drugs making their way through those countries into the United States.

The United States' North American allies were seemingly taken by surprise this week when Trump on Monday announced via his Truth Social platform that he would sign executive orders on his first day in office, Jan. 20, to impose a 25% tariff on all imports from Mexico and Canada.

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