▲ This photo, released by the Associated Press, shows U.S. President Donald Trump speaking to reporters next to Air Force One after arriving back at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Feb. 2, 2025.
▲ Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during her daily press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City on Feb. 3, 2025 in this photo released by AFP. (Yonhap)

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Trump agrees to pause tariffs on Mexico for 1 month for negotiations

By Song Sang-ho

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump agreed Monday to pause anticipated tariffs on Mexico for one month for negotiations between the two countries, as he had a conversation with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.

With the pause, Sheinbaum agreed to send 10,000 Mexican soldiers on the border separating Mexico and the United States, Trump said. The agreement came just hours before a 25 percent tariff on Mexican imports was set to go into effect on Tuesday.

"It was a very friendly conversation wherein she agreed to immediately supply 10,000 Mexican soldiers on the border separating Mexico and the United States. These soldiers will be specifically designated to stop the flow of fentanyl, and illegal migrants into our country," Trump wrote on Truth Social.

"We further agreed to immediately pause the anticipated tariffs for a one month period," he added.

During the one-month period, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick will engage in negotiations with high-level Mexican representatives, Trump said.

"I look forward to participating in those negotiations, with President Sheinbaum, as we attempt to achieve a 'deal' between our two countries," he said.

Trump has also ordered tariffs of 25 percent on Canadian goods and 10 percent on Canadian energy imports, and a 10 percent levy on goods from China as he has been stepping up his drive to block the inflow of illegal migrants and drugs, including fentanyl.

South Korea has been carefully watching what appears to be an emerging trade war as hundreds of South Korean businesses are operating in Mexico amid fears that U.S. tariffs on Mexico, if effectuated, will have an adverse impact on their businesses.

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