[Salon] Trump grants monthlong tariff reprieve to MexicoMexico will be granted a monthlong reprieve on tariffs on goods that fall under an existing free-trade agreement with the United States, Trump wrote on social media.

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Trump grants monthlong tariff reprieve to Mexico

Mexico will be granted a monthlong reprieve on tariffs on goods that fall under an existing free-trade agreement with the United States, Trump wrote on social media.

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March 6, 2025 at 11:58 a.m.

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before departing from the South Lawn at the White House on Feb 28, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

By Michael Birnbaum and Mary Beth Sheridan

Mexico will be granted a monthlong reprieve on tariffs on goods that fall under an existing free-trade agreement with the United States, President Donald Trump said Thursday after a conversation with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.

Tariffs on those goods have been pushed back until April 2, Trump wrote on social media, a day after granting a narrower exemption to carmakers.

“After speaking with President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico, I have agreed that Mexico will not be required to pay Tariffs on anything that falls under the USMCA Agreement,” Trump wrote, referring to the United States-Mexico-Canada free-trade agreement that he signed in his first term in office.

“This Agreement is until April 2nd. I did this as an accommodation, and out of respect for, President Sheinbaum," Trump wrote. "Our relationship has been a very good one, and we are working hard, together, on the Border, both in terms of stopping Illegal Aliens from entering the United States and, likewise, stopping Fentanyl. Thank you to President Sheinbaum for your hard work and cooperation!”

This article will be updated.