Mexico on Saturday ordered retaliatory tariffs on the US just hours after President Trump imposed a 25% tariff on the neighboring country. President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo blasted Trump’s action — and his suggestion that the Mexican government harbors alliances with criminal organizations and cartel members.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Saturday ordered retaliatory tariffs in response to the U.S. decision to slap 25% tariffs on all goods coming from Mexico, marking the apparent start of a trade war between the two countries.

Mexico's president on Wednesday said her nation is in dialogue with the White House and was confident that the 25% tariff isn't imminent.

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Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Wednesday she does not believe the United States will impose tariffs on Saturday as President Donald Trump has pledged, but said her administration has its own response plan in place if needed.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum will wait with a cool head for a decision from the United States, she said on Friday, ahead of a Saturday deadline set by U.S. President Donald Trump to impose 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports.

We don’t think it’s going to happen really,” she said during her daily morning news conference on Wednesday, just days before Trump’s threatened tariffs might begin. “And if it happens, we also have our plan.

Buoyed by high approval ratings, Claudia Sheinbaum wraps herself in the flag as she confronts U.S. rhetoric on trade, migration and cartels

President Claudia Sheinbaum brushed off a question as to whether Mexico is expecting US President Donald Trump to announce 25% tariffs on Mexican goods Feb. 1.