July 1st will mark the start of the formal review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) , clarified Marcelo Ebrard, head of the Ministry of Economy (SE) , who is in Washington DC for the second round of bilateral talks between Mexico and the United States, with a view to renegotiating this trade agreement.

In a video posted on his social media, the Mexican official said that on July 1, he and his team will have a virtual meeting with their counterparts from Canada and the United States.

“We will present Mexico’s position, and they will do the same regarding what comes next with the treaty. It can be automatically extended for 16 years, or it can be maintained for 10 years with periodic reviews,” he emphasized.

Ebrard explained that there are different alternatives planned, and that on that day they will see which one “we form among the three countries”.

He added that the next round of bilateral talks on the USMCA will take place in Mexico City on July 20.

“We are going to discuss texts and content in much more detail than what we have been talking about, since we started informal conversations in March and now we are having formal rounds of review,” he explained.

In the second round of bilateral talks in Washington DC, various topics related to the trilateral trade agreement were addressed, including rules of origin, economic security, agriculture, the automotive industry, and other relevant issues .

“Mexico presented its points of view and its proposals, which will have to be analyzed by our counterpart led by Jamieson Greer ( United States Trade Representative ),” Ebrard stated in the video.

It’s worth noting that the automotive sector is one of the key industries in the trilateral trade agreement. In the period from January to May 2016, Mexico exported 1,388,236 light vehicles , a 4% increase compared to the same period last year, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) .

The main destination for vehicles assembled in the country was the United States , a market that accounted for 75.4% of international shipments, reflecting the integration of this industry in the North American region.

Furthermore, according to figures from the  US Census Bureau ,  trade between Mexico and the United States in April totaled $86,035.5 million , representing a 23.6% increase compared to April 2025.

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As part of the first round of formal negotiations between the Ministry of Economy (SE) and a delegation from the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) regarding the review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) , Marcelo Ebrard, head of the SE, reported that between May 27 and 29, issues related to the automotive, steel and aluminum, and medical device sectors will be addressed , although both delegations are preparing two more rounds, so the review of the trade agreement would extend beyond the official dates.

In a press conference, Ebrard also indicated that the dialogues taking place in Mexico will cover progress on labor issues, critical minerals, and economic security to guarantee supply chains.

He noted that there will be a meeting of US congressmen and advisors, who will meet with their Mexican counterparts in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.

He recalled that one of the advances that has been reached with the USTR, headed on this visit to Mexico by Jeffrey Goettman, is that after the talks, the next step is that on June 16 and 17 the Mexican delegation will go to Washington DC .

“It’s our turn now to go there to continue the conversation. There are several topics we’ll discuss on that occasion. Some of them have to do with agriculture, and there are other issues that Mexico wants to address,” he emphasized.

He specified that there will be a third round of talks in Mexico City during the week of July 20 , indicating that the USMCA review will be extended, as it was originally scheduled to begin on July 1. “This third round is also extremely important because it relates to the next steps in the review of the trade agreement,” he emphasized.

Ebrard pointed out that in the current round they will argue that, in the case of steel and aluminum, “the 50% tariff seems unsustainable to us; it has no justification, as we have already stated, it is nothing new. In the case of the automotive industry, we maintain that there must be a systemic approach; that is, it is not just about Mexico’s tariffs, but how the entire tariff system being organized works, as well as rules of origin.”

Mexico has solidified its position as the United States’ main trading partner. In March 2026 alone, the value of bilateral trade reached $83.9786 billion , representing an 8.6% increase compared to March 2025, according to data from the  U.S. Census Bureau .

The above reflects a fairly integrated trade relationship and one of the most dynamic in North America, so the review of the USMCA is an important part of continuing to strengthen this economic bloc.

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A trade mission, comprised of 240 Mexican companies from various sectors , will seek to expand its export, investment and collaboration opportunities in Canada.

The mission, headed by Marcelo Ebrard, head of the Ministry of Economy , will begin this Thursday, May 7, in Toronto and Montreal, where more than 1,800 business meetings are planned with around 200 Canadian companies .

“This is an unprecedented working visit aimed at expanding our flow of investment and trade with Canada,” Ebrard explained.

The meeting will include representatives from companies —mostly small and medium-sized— from different sectors, including agribusiness, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, electromobility , creative industries, education and patent acceleration, as well as investment funds and innovation clusters.

As part of the agenda, Ebrard will have a working lunch with executives from companies such as Air Canada, Bombardier, ATCO, Brookfield, CN Rail, TC Energy, among others.

He will also lead a meeting of various Mexican companies with investment funds, including the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan —one of the largest in the world— and financial institutions in this country, in search of financing and collaboration opportunities .

“We already have trade with Canada and a significant flow of investment. With this mission, we want to accelerate our presence on the scene and, above all, open up the market for many Mexican companies, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises,” explained the Secretary of Economy.

Alongside the mission’s work, Marcelo Ebrard will hold working meetings with Canada’s Minister of Trade, Dominic LeBlan

The talks will seek to advance the process of the next review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) .

According to the most recent data from the Bank of Mexico (Banxico) , Mexico’s exports to Canada reached  22 billion 169 million dollars (mdd) in 2025 , which meant an increase of 17% compared to 2024.

Meanwhile, Mexican imports from Canada totaled $12.555 billion last year, a 3.6% drop compared to 2024.

The push for this initiative comes on the eve of the review of the USMCA, scheduled for next July, with the aim of consolidating a more integrated North American economic bloc.

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Marcelo Ebrard, head of the  Ministry of Economy (SE) , and Jamieson Greer,  United States Trade Representative (USTR) , met this Monday, April 20, to continue with the second round of review of trade issues of the  Treaty between Mexico, the United States and Canada (USMCA) , where various topics were discussed, such as rules of origin and the automotive and steel industries.

The agenda included a meeting between Mexican and U.S. authorities and representatives of the automotive industry, who discussed Section 232 (steel, aluminum, automobiles and auto parts) with Greer, although it was not specified whether they reached any agreement.

Participants from the automotive sector included Rogelio Garza, president of the Mexican Automotive Industry Association (AMIA) ; Francisco Garza, president of General Motors Mexico; Rodrigo Centeno, president of Nissan Mexicana; Klaus von Moltke, president of BMW Mexico; Miguel Barbeyto, president of Mazda Mexico, among others.

The automotive sector is one of the key industries in the trilateral trade agreement. In the period from January to March 2026,  969,294 cars were manufactured in Mexico , a 0.5% increase compared to the same period last year, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) .

During the same period, 795,631 vehicles were exported, a 2.5% year-over-year increase . The United States  was the main buyer of cars manufactured in Mexican plants, accounting for 75.8%, or 602,887 units.  Canada followed with 97,801 vehicles—12.3% of exports—reflecting the integration of this sector in the three countries that make up the USMCA.

Authorities from both countries also held a meeting with representatives of the steel sector , including Pedro Rivera González, CEO of Compañía Minera Autlán; Salvador Quesada Salinas, CEO of the National Chamber of the Iron and Steel Industry (Canacero) ; Máximo Vedoya, CEO of Ternium México; and Joseph Woldenberg, executive chairman of the Board of Directors of Tubacero, among others.

Ebrard indicated that representatives of that industry raised with Greer what is happening as a result of Section 232, without elaborating further on the matter.

Steel is one of the products on which Donald Trump, the President of the United States, imposed tariffs of 50%, so that sector will be a key issue in the review of the USMCA, scheduled for July 1.

Jamieson Greer also met with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum at the National Palace.

“It was a very cordial dialogue. Obviously, the meeting consisted of a very brief review of where we stand. We’re going to have conversations, and he explained the topics we’re going to discuss, from rules of origin to Mexican sugar exports . Many topics were covered because the Secretary of Agriculture (Julio Berdegué) was also present,” explained Marcelo Ebrard.

Other topics that were reviewed included intellectual property “and the main issues at that time. The treaty review process, I would say, is going very well.”

The Mexican official explained that there were two additional meetings. One was with the Business Coordinating Council (CCE) of Mexico, which stated that ideally the treaty should move forward.

The other meeting was with the American Chamber of Commerce , which indicated that it is important for Mexico and the United States to become more integrated. “We need to replace the things we import from Asia with domestic production between our two countries as soon as possible,” Ebrard said.

He specified that the second round of review could end next Wednesday “because there are many issues to review.”

He pointed out that after these two conversations, the first of which was last March in Washington DC, they would move on to the next phase, which is formal negotiations .

“We estimate that formal negotiations will begin the week of May 25th. To be on schedule, we will maintain very close communication, as we are doing now. And surely by the end of May, we will both be going to Washington and they will be coming to Mexico for the negotiations,” he emphasized.

It is worth remembering that the USMCA has a validity of 16 years, and article 34.7 – the so-called sunset clause – indicates that a review must be carried out six years after it was implemented, where the three countries will evaluate its functioning to see if it continues for another 16 years.

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Jamieson Greer,  United States Trade Representative (USTR) , will visit Mexico on April 20 to continue the second round of review of trade issues under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) .

This was announced by Marcelo Ebrard, head of the Ministry of Economy (SE) , at the morning press conference this Thursday, where he also reported that technical meetings focused on different strategic sectors will be held.

The Mexican federal official explained that the meeting includes a review of priority issues for the country, including the steel and aluminum industries, the automotive and agricultural sectors, matters related to rules of origin and the coordination of trade policies between both countries .

“He arrives Sunday night and we’ll be working all day Monday. There will be sessions to review, sector by sector, things that matter to us and are of interest to us,” Ebrard stated.

Another topic they will address is import replacement , which involves reducing inputs from other parts of the world to strengthen regional production.

Last March, the first round of USMCA review took place in Washington DC, where trade teams from Mexico and the United States analyzed issues such as gaps in key supply chains in the region and public policy options to address them .

At the conclusion of the meeting, the technical teams were instructed to examine specific options for increasing manufacturing production and employment in both countries.

It is worth remembering that Jamieson Greer has expressed his support for the USMCA, despite the fact that US President Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed his disagreement with the trade agreement, calling it “the worst in the history of the United States.”

Greer has indicated that the USMCA will not be automatically renewed, so Mexico must resolve a list of pending issues that could define the future of this agreement .

Among the issues he has raised are improvements to labor legislation and the enforcement of environmental laws. He has also discussed agricultural trade, seasonal Mexican products, labeling and rules of origin, and sanitary and phytosanitary measures , among others.

According to figures from the  US Census Bureau ,  Mexico reaffirmed its position as the main trading partner of the United States in February 2026 , once again ranking as the top supplier of goods to the United States and the main importer of US products, while Canada and China showed declines.

According to an analysis by  T21 Business Intelligence ,  the exchange of goods between Mexico and its northern neighbor was $73,217.2 million during the second month of 2026 , an increase of 7.1% compared to February 2025.

In contrast,  Canada fell 8.9% , totaling $57,543.6 million in February 2026; while  China dropped 36.1% compared to the same month last year , with a total traded value of $26,902.2 million.

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Marcelo Ebrard, head of the Ministry of Economy (SE) , announced that he held a conversation this Wednesday with Jamieson Greer, United States Trade Representative (USTR) , as part of the work being carried out in the lead-up to the review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) , scheduled for next July.

In a message on his social media account, Ebrard shared that trade authorities from both countries began the first talks on the trilateral trade agreement , which has been in effect since 2020.

The delegation accompanying the Secretary of Economy includes Luis Rosendo Gutiérrez, Undersecretary of Foreign Trade of the SE, and other Mexican officials.

In the post, Marcelo Ebrard indicated that “the technical teams will be working today and tomorrow throughout the day”; however, he did not provide further details about the meeting with Greer and his team. He also did not elaborate on the topics under discussion or whether any specific agreement had been reached.

It is worth remembering that Jamieson Greer has expressed his support for the USMCA, despite the fact that the President of the United States, Donald Trump, has repeatedly expressed his disagreement with the trade agreement, calling it “the worst in the history of the United States.”

Greer has indicated that the USMCA will not be automatically renewed, so  Mexico must resolve a list of pending issues that could define the future of this agreement .

Among the issues he raised were  improvements to labor legislation and the enforcement of environmental laws. He also discussed agricultural trade, seasonal Mexican products, labeling and rules of origin, and sanitary and phytosanitary measures, among others, including critical minerals.

Ebrard indicated in a previous publication that Mexico “will propose the continuation of the USMCA and the elimination of tariffs.”

On several occasions, Marcelo Ebrard has commented that Mexico will come out ahead in the review of the USMCA and has shown confidence in the team he leads for the negotiation.

On March 9, the Mexican government presented the results of the public consultations for the review of the USMCA, where 78.5% of participants emphasized that the trade agreement is “positive or very positive .” On average, the percentage of people who considered it positive was 84% ​​by sector and 75.9% by state.

The USMCA has a validity of 16 years, and article 34.7 indicates that a review must be carried out six years after it was implemented, where the three countries will evaluate its functioning to see if it continues for another 16 years.

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Marcelo Ebrard, head of the Ministry of Economy (SE) , announced the call for a Mexican trade mission to Canada, which seeks to strengthen the economic and business relationship with that country, and which will take place on May 7, 8 and 9 of this year.

The mission aims to open new opportunities for trade, investment and collaboration between both economies and countries, which are part of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) , whose review will take place next July and, starting on March 16, Mexican and American authorities will begin the first round of bilateral meetings towards the review of this agreement.

Ebrard indicated that the delegation that will be formed will visit Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto , and that an invitation is being extended to all Mexican companies that want to participate, whether small, medium or large.

“What do you get from participating? Well, it gives you meetings with all the sectors and companies that interest you. It’s organized by sector. It gives you access to B2B meetings with other companies there. It gives you access to meetings with the sector you’re working in to learn what you can do in Canada to grow. And it gives you access to all government agencies. It’s well worth it,” the federal official emphasized.

He recalled that this initiative stems from a conversation that the President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, had with the Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney, and the visit of a delegation of 400 Canadian companies to Mexico that took place last February.

Canada is the third largest investor in Mexico. According to the Ministry of Economy (SE), in 2025 Canada ranked third in terms of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the country, with $3.323 billion , representing 8.1% of the total FDI received by Mexico during that period, which amounted to $40.871 billion .

“For your information, I already have confirmation from many Mexican companies, including mining, automotive, and everything related to creative industries and electromobility, that they will be participating,” Ebrard pointed out.

He specified that the call for applications to form the mission will be open from March 12th and will close on April 11th.

Mexico and Canada, essential for the USMCA

In his remarks, Juan Ramón de la Fuente, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) , indicated that Mexico and Canada have a solid relationship based on economic cooperation , political dialogue, trust, and shared democratic values.

The Mexican Foreign Minister emphasized that both countries are key players in the North American context, along with the United States . “Closely linked value chains, reciprocal investments, innovation, and technology can translate into benefits for many more families than they are currently enjoying. We must also be part of this new commitment, which we must all strengthen in our actions. And indeed, the review of the trade agreement is coming very soon,” he noted.

Meanwhile, Cameron Mackay, Canada’s ambassador to Mexico, stated that the review of the USMCA represents “a critical opportunity” to improve the free trade partnership.

“Canada’s position is clear: our priority is to maintain a trilateral agreement so that Mexicans, Canadians and Americans can continue to benefit from this trade relationship that has existed for more than 30 years,” he emphasized.

Luis Rosendo Gutiérrez, Undersecretary of Foreign Trade at the Ministry of Economy, stated that the Mexican government is very clear that Canada’s participation in the trilateral trade agreement is fundamental .

Ebrard rules out negative impacts on Mexico from Article 301

Marcelo Ebrard highlighted that 85% of Mexico’s trade within the USMCA has nothing to do with Article 301 of the United States Trade Act of 1974.

When asked about the investigation announced by the administration of US President Donald Trump to impose new tariffs on several countries, including Mexico, the Mexican official said that “we do not expect it to have a new impact that should concern us in terms of overall trade.”

It is worth recalling that the United States announced on March 11 that it would initiate new investigations into industrial overcapacity in 16 trading partners and into forced labor, in order to reinstate tariff pressure, after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling in February that nullified most of Trump’s generalized tariffs, considering that he violated the regulations by imposing them unilaterally based on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) .

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The results of the public consultations for the review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) revealed that this trade agreement has been beneficial for the three countries that comprise it and that it should continue , as indicated by Marcelo Ebrard, head of the Ministry of Economy (SE) .

During the presentation of the results of the consultations, which took place between September and November 2025 and involved companies, various chambers of commerce, and more than 2,900 questionnaires, 78.5% of participants indicated that the USMCA is “positive or very positive” in an overall assessment . On average, the percentage of people who considered it positive was 84% ​​by sector and 75.9% by state.

Ebrard indicated that the results show a very broad agreement, but also highlight areas of concern. “Asymmetries, such as a labor mechanism, and other concerns related to unilateral measures, such as the application of tariffs under regulation 232 or any other regulation, like 301, which ultimately violate the treaty.”

He pointed out that there is another very important conclusion from the consultations, which is the principle of certainty in decisions among the three countries, and indicated that the objective of the consultations is to be ready for the start of talks with the United States – since the first round of bilateral meetings between Mexico and the United States will begin on March 16th to review the trade agreement – in which they will address reducing North America’s dependence on other regions of the world, rules of origin, and economic security .

“They raised 54 points of concern, as you know. We raised 12, and we have already resolved most of the 54. Of the 12, I hope to resolve the remaining ones soon, which are related to steel, the automotive industry, and the infamous 25% on non-USMCA compliance, which has now been reduced,” the federal official recalled.

Ebrard also announced that Mexico and Canada will begin bilateral talks in May on the review of the USMCA.

For his part, Vidal Llerenas Morales, Undersecretary of Industry and Commerce of the SE, emphasized that 30 sectoral roundtables participated in the consultations, where all economic sectors were consulted, and one roundtable was held in each of the federal entities of the country.

He said that thanks to the trilateral agreement, a mutually beneficial trade relationship is maintained. “Mexican exports to the United States include, on average, 40% of inputs from that country, and Mexico is the leading exporter to and importer from the United States.”

He stressed that the rules of origin that will be discussed (starting next week) and those that currently exist must promote national integration, but also allow competition with other regions of the world and contribute to improving the country’s production processes.

“To say that in this exercise we have carried out, we have a bloc that integrates more than 500 million consumers and that it is basically 30% of the world’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This is a deep productive integration. In 2024, Mexico’s trade with the USMCA countries exceeded 800 billion dollars, 2.2 billion dollars per day and 1.5 million dollars per minute,” he emphasized.

He considered it necessary to better integrate the southern regions of the country into the entire North American production chain, and explained that the northern states are the most integrated and focused on manufacturing and exporting.

“The central and Bajío regions maintain an export relationship of agricultural and manufactured products, and the southeastern states have less economic integration that we have to overcome and that is one of the pending challenges,” he noted.

Luis Rosendo Gutiérrez, Undersecretary of Foreign Trade at the Ministry of Economy, explained that the consultations were part of a process undertaken to ensure a successful outcome on July 1st . He stated that the results confirm a broad consensus and the need to maintain the USMCA, although there are elements that can be strengthened, “and that is what we will focus on.”

In that regard, he announced that a delegation will travel to Washington DC next week to begin the permanent work of the USMCA negotiation tables during the week of March 16.

Among the topics they will review, initially with the United States government, but later including Canada, he said are rules of origin, strengthening supply chains  , and “everything we can start producing in our region that we are currently importing from Asia.”

“When we talk about this topic, it might seem somewhat abstract (strengthening supply chains), but when there is a Strait of Hormuz that today puts global logistics at risk, what we can have in our region is resilience and economic security; so that if we need a chip to be able to produce what our electronics export industry produces, we can strengthen the chains and not be dependent on what is being produced today in other parts of the world,” he emphasized.

In her participation, Altagracia Gómez Sierra, coordinator of the Advisory Council for Economic, Regional and Relocation Development, agreed that the results of the consultations form a consensus for the USMCA to continue.

He recalled that the Mexico Plan speaks not only of reducing dependence or substituting imports, but also of developing local suppliers and producing with more added value.

“For the Mexico Plan, we have two goals: for goods from national industry, such as textiles, footwear, and toys, we want to reach 50 percent. For global supply chains, such as automotive, aerospace, and pharmaceuticals, we want an increase of at least 15 percent,” he said.

Graciela Márquez, president of the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) , explained that the consultations were enriched by the contributions of people belonging to companies, chambers, unions, state governments and academia from all over the country.

“The report presented today synthesizes these voices and organizes them as an empirical basis for the national discussion on the future of the agreement,” he emphasized.

According to the document outlining the results of the consultations, certainty, sustainability, and competitiveness should be the guiding principles of Mexico’s position for the review of the USMCA.

Sectoral consultations on services, tourism, automotive, heavy vehicles, electronics, steel, mining and energy agreed that the country has the conditions to attract investments in multimodal infrastructure, storage, transport and high value-added services.

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After the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling this Friday that nullifies most of the generalized tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, considering that he violated regulations by unilaterally imposing them based on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) , Marcelo Ebrard, head of the Ministry of Economy (SE) , pointed out that in the case of Mexico only some of the tariff measures are linked to that legal provision, and therefore asked for prudence.

During the first ordinary session of the Investment Promotion Committee, held in Querétaro, Ebrard said he did not know the terms under which the US court’s decision would be carried out.

“Today, most of our exports don’t have those burdens. I don’t know how the Supreme Court ruling in the United States will end up, which overturns tariffs based on a legal provision related to emergencies and emergency powers. In the case of Mexico, only some of the tariff measures are related to that legal provision; others are not,” he emphasized.

Given this, he assured that Mexico will prevail in the review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) , “because of the strength of the trade between the two countries.”

Following the ruling, in which the US court concluded that the power to set tariffs is part of the taxing power that the US Constitution assigns exclusively to Congress, Trump announced the imposition of a new global tariff of 10% , to which Ebrard responded that they will first see what measures the United States will take, “so that we can determine how it may affect our country.”

“In any case, I will be visiting the United States next week. Then I will be able to confirm more precisely whether things remain more or less the same or if there are any changes. The reciprocal tariffs are what are currently under scrutiny. They are due to that provision, but we will know very soon; in three or four days I will be able to tell you how it stands, what the regulations were, and how Mexico protected itself from this change in the rules,” he stated.

It is worth remembering that 85% of the products that Mexico exports to the United States do not have tariffs, since they are covered by the USMCA, however, the tariffs on vehicles, steel and aluminum depend on another legal principle, which is Section 232.

Tariffs challenged

According to Adrián González , president of  Global Alliance Solutions LLC , the contested tariffs include those established under the IEEPA, linked to drug trafficking, which have a rate of 25% on most imports from Canada and Mexico, and 10% on most imports from China.

It also covers reciprocal trade deficit tariffs , which is a general tariff of at least 10% on imports from all trading partners, with higher rates for various countries.

The Court’s ruling is limited exclusively to tariffs imposed under IEEPA and does not affect those in effect under other legal authorities , such as Section 232 (steel, aluminum, automobiles and auto parts) and Section 301 (products originating in China). “These regimes remain fully in effect,” González stated.

What would happen to the fees collected?

According to the specialist, operational adjustments and possible reimbursement mechanisms are anticipated , the procedure for which will depend on guidelines issued by the Customs and Border Protection Office (CBP) .

“Potential reimbursement exposures have been estimated at more than $175 billion, although the final scope will depend on the procedural treatment adopted,” he explained.

Despite the legal and operational uncertainty surrounding this new measure in the short term, Adrián González stressed that for the time being, no adjustments should be made to tax returns , nor should automatic refunds be assumed, as the court decision does not mandate immediate reimbursements.

“Any recovery of duties will depend on the procedural status of each entry (cleared or not), current protest periods, possible reassessments, formal instructions issued by CBP, and possible additional litigation regarding the retroactive scope of the ruling,” he explained.

This is not the first time an authority has attempted to strike a blow against Donald Trump’s tariffs. In May 2025, the  U.S. Court  of International Trade  (CIT) dealt a potential setback to the reciprocal tariffs, ordering the revocation of the executive orders and permanently prohibiting their implementation. However, following an appeal by Trump, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington issued a preliminary injunction suspending the enforcement of the CIT ruling.

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With an investment of 216 million pesos (mdp) , Marcelo Ebrard, head of the Ministry of Economy (SE) , gave progress on the Economic Development Pole for Well-being (Podebi), Bajío Industrial Park, in Zinapécuaro , with which it is sought to reindustrialize this region.

Ebrard indicated that the formalization phase is complete and that the investment will be allocated to public works, primarily hydraulic and logistical infrastructure such as road and rail access . He specified that the private investment will amount to 2.71 billion pesos .

“This is starting now, the hydraulics are already working and the other works will be completed in March and April,” the federal official stated at the morning press conference this Friday, held in Michoacán, where he specified that the project covers an area of ​​333 hectares.

He announced that in May, chambers of commerce and industry from several countries will visit the industrial park, which he will use as an opportunity to promote investment. He also announced that on February 16, Canadian officials, accompanied by representatives from 231 companies, will arrive in Mexico to be presented with the park as an investment opportunity.

At the event, he highlighted that investment promotion committees have already been established in Uruapan, Lázaro Cárdenas and Apatzingán , in addition to working on trademark and patent registrations to strengthen the competitiveness of local products in international trade, such as avocados.

“We are organizing, we have already held trade fairs, but for the second half of the year we will have a presence from Michoacán in the United States, we are going to tour several points in the United States,” he said.

According to the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) , this hub occupies a geostrategic position within the central-western economic corridor of Mexico. It borders Guanajuato, allowing it to be integrated into a dynamic economic and industrial zone linked to the Bajío region and the Valley of Mexico.

Furthermore, it is within reach of important consumer markets, metropolitan areas and logistics hubs .

It is worth remembering that of the 14 planned poles, seven are already under construction, four will begin construction in the coming weeks, and three will be added to the construction.

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