(Bloomberg/Carolina Millan and Michael O’Boyle) — Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said she will hold a short in-person meeting with Donald Trump this week in Washington, as they continue to negotiate over US tariffs on her nation’s goods.
Their first face-to-face encounter will take place Friday, Sheinbaum confirmed during her daily press briefing Thursday. Sheinbaum will also meet with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in Washington, where the leaders are set to attend the draw for the 2026 FIFA World Cup hosted by the three North American nations.
The event will determine the match schedule for the tournament held every four years.
Sheinbaum is making her first trip to the US as president at a time when her government is still negotiating with Trump over tariffs he imposed on Mexican goods. Sheinbaum has won delays to some levies in past negotiations with Trump.
The trio of nations are also set to review the US-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement next year.
Sheinbaum said Mexico maintained one of the best commercial positions globally amid Trump’s tariff push. Despite his rhetoric, the trade agreement was not ending but undergoing a revision, she said.
“It’s going to come out well,” she said, calling the treaty “the guarantee of this region’s competitiveness in the face of the entire world.”
Sheinbaum said she would seek to address issues around autos, steel and aluminum — all of which remain subject to some US tariffs — in her meeting with Trump.
Mexican and US security officials are set to meet in Mexico next week, around Dec. 11, she said, in a sign of continued cooperation under the countries’ mutual “understanding” to work together while respecting territorial sovereignty.
Sheinbaum, following in the steps of her predecessor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in shunning international travel, has made few trips abroad during her tenure.
She had planned to meet Trump at a Group of Seven summit in Canada in June. But Trump left the meeting a day early amid rising tension between Israel and Iran.
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