Dan Mitchinson: US correspondent on Mexico suggesting retaliatory tariffs in response to Trump threat

Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has claimed Donald Trump's proposed tariffs would do nothing to stop the flow of migrants coming through the US border.

Sheinbaum has also warned Mexico would hit back with tariffs of its own in response to Trump claiming he would introduce a 25 percent increase on all imports from the region.

US correspondent says Canada and China haven't responded favourably to the president-elect's proposed tariff increases either.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Dan Mitchison US correspondence with US.

Speaker 2 (00:02):
Now, hello Dan, or you can just call me the
yank whatever you want.

Speaker 1 (00:05):
Right, why not? But it's not even the it's not
even the it's just like yank like just to really
really be as offensive as possible. Hey, Dan, So do
we actually think that the cease fire deal is going
to last? I mean, to get to them to this point, right,
and this has been going on for ages to get
them to this point, suggested.

Speaker 2 (00:24):
It might do well. It might. But you know, there
was a reporter who I was reading one of the
blogs earlier today and I jotted this down because I
think it sums up things to a tea. It said,
tactical battlefield success in absence of political or diplomatic arrangements
cannot bring lasting security. And you're, well, hold it. What
does that mean? I think we're going to have to
wait and see. I mean, is this going to bring

(00:46):
Trump the showman who comes in and takes over from
Joe Biden in six seven weeks and tries to extend
this agreement, or is it going to be Trump the
diplomat who brings in people with more experience to try
and negotiate something that will last, because honestly, I mean,
there's still so much bad blood between these two. I
mean it's to imagine this thing lasting for any length
of time.

Speaker 1 (01:03):
It feels very much like Biden has got a spine
only because Trump is coming in. Does it not feel
like that to you? Yeah?

Speaker 2 (01:12):
Yeah, I think so. I mean I think this is
you know, as he said, he wants to renew is
push to try and secure a ceasefire in a hostage
deal there, and I think this he'd like this to
be part of his legacy. But as we mentioned, and
you just heard of the world wires right there, the
caveats from what I understand, I mean, Israel forces won't
pull out immediately, They've got some two months or something
like that. And second, we don't know how Israel's going

(01:32):
to respond if there's violations to this. I mean, both
Israel and Lebanon, can you know, have they retain the
right of self defense under international law?

Speaker 1 (01:39):
Yeah? But on the Biden thing, I mean, I'm fascinated
by this because the minute that Trump wins, all of
a sudden, it's okay for Ukraine to start firing American
made missiles into Russia, when that was not okay this
whole time, last eighteen months, and now all of a
sudden he's managed to get a cease fire. Where was
the urgency beforehand?

Speaker 2 (01:57):
I don't know. I think I think Biden's been trying
for some time, but I think he had a step
up his game, especially with net and Yahoo and Trump
having this relationship that they've had on and off recently.
And you know, Trump has said that he was going
to come in and he was going to solve the
Mid East crisis day one of his administration. But of
course he said that about a number of things. It's
going to be a busy, a busy day one for
him when he when he gets in office in January.

Speaker 1 (02:19):
Now, speaking of Trump, what's Mexico ahead to say about
the straights of the tariff CIEs today?

Speaker 2 (02:22):
Oh boy, they're not happy with this. I mean, Mexico
isn't happy, China is not happy, Canada is not happy.
I mean, if you look at California where I'm based
right now, we've got the fifth biggest economy in the world,
and you've got Mexico and China and Canada ranking as
the state's top three export markets, not to mention importing.
So if this continues, and you hike up the prices
by twenty five percent or more. I mean, are people

(02:45):
going to stop buying? Our country is going to stop
sending things are away? Are we going to have to
go and find somebody else to trade with right now?
Especially with Mexico? And you're dealing not with just clothes
and food that's coming across the border, but electronics and
cars too.

Speaker 1 (02:59):
Yeah. How bad is it for Rudy? What's up?

Speaker 2 (03:02):
Oh boy? Speaking of money? Uh? Not good? I mean
he was in court again today and part of this
case is collecting. I mean, this goes back to the
Georgia election workers that he famed when he was challenging
the election results a few years back. He owes one
hundred and forty six million dollars in this judgment case,
and he said, I'm broke. I can't pay my bills.
I don't have the cash, I don't have credit cards.

(03:23):
I mean, first of all, how are you going to
pay one hundred and forty six million dollars back? Ever?
Let alone, you're you know, eighty something, and everything's been
tied up by the courts, and the judge says, I'm
not having this. He says, you can change attorneys. You
can try stalling about this, but he says you've had time.
He says, you haven't brought papers in for your car
or your five million dollar home right now. And you know,
I mean in the meantime, the man who he backed,

(03:44):
Donald Trump, has been awfully quiet. Well, this has been
going on him. He's been keeping his distance and Giuliani.

Speaker 1 (03:49):
Dan, we'll talk to you again in a couple of days.
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