Mexico considers imposing tariffs on countries with which it has no trade agreement.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced Thursday that her government is considering imposing tariffs on countries with which Mexico does not have a trade treaty. among them China .

The proposal comes amid trade pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump , who has threatened to tax all Mexican exports and imposed tariffs that affect his neighbor's auto and steel industries.

"We are considering applying (...) some tariffs to countries with which we do not have a trade agreement. China is also among them, but it is not the only one," the president declared during her regular morning press conference.

On Wednesday, after concluding an anti-dumping investigation, Mexico's Ministry of Economy established compensatory quotas on imports of footwear originating in China that cost less than $22.58 per pair — about 123.24 reais.

This measure comes in addition to the elimination of a temporary regime that allowed the tax-free import of finished footwear and the tariffs established in December on a series of textile inputs.

Earlier this year, Sheinbaum launched a strategy to replace imports, primarily from Asia, called Plan Mexico.

Since returning to the White House, Trump has threatened to impose taxes on exports from Canada and Mexico, his partners in the North American Trade Agreement (NATM), as a measure to force both countries to step up their efforts to control drug trafficking and irregular immigration across their borders with the United States.

Sheinbaum managed to deactivate the 30% general tariffs by mobilizing 10,000 troops on the northern border and increasing drug seizures.

On Wednesday, both governments formalized a protocol that expands cooperation against drug trafficking and arms smuggling, during a visit to Mexico by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.