A few days before Donald Trump returns to the White House on January 20 to exercise his second term at the head of the United States, Mexico is preparing. Faced with numerous threats from the next American president, the government has been taking measures for weeks on the themes that frequently recur in its declarations. They concern migration as well as customs and drug trafficking. So many points considered as weaknesses in the bilateral relationship between Mexico and the United States.
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With our correspondent in Mexico, Gwendolina Duval
The aim is to avoid a crisis between the Mexico and the United States. SO, Claudia Sheinbaumthe Mexican president, is taking the lead.
The president-elect Donald Trump criticizes the role of Mexico, caught in the middle of the trade war between the United States and China ? Mexico, in response, embarked on a clean-up operation of its customs services. The country is also increasing inspections across the country. In one month, Mexico City seized tons of Chinese products that had entered the country illegally and closed historic points of sale in the capital.
Another sensitive point: that of the fight against drug trafficking. Accused of not doing enough, Mexico has redoubled its efforts in recent weeks to seize thousands of kilos of fentanyl originally of a huge public health crisis at his neighbor’s house. The country wants at all costs to prevent cartels from being declared “ terrorist organizations » in the United States, because this would open the door for American intervention on its territory.
Finally, immigration is a major point of contention. While Donald Trump threatens to massively expel foreignersMexico mobilizes its consulates. Mexico City announced, a few days ago, the deployment of a protection plan for its citizens, including the installation of an emergency button.