JUST IN: Mexico Caves To Trump In Latest Win For The Administration

President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he had extracted significant concessions from Mexico as part of a new trade deal stretching from steel and car manufacturing to fentanyl flowing across the southern border.

In a “very successful” call with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, Trump said both leaders are “getting to know and understand each other,” a thawing relationship that he credited with helping produce another trade deal for his administration.

Under the terms of the deal, Mexico will continue paying sizable tariffs on some of its most profitable imports to the U.S. Those include a 25% fentanyl tariff, a 25% tariff on cars, and a 50% tariff on aluminum, steel, and copper, the president announced.

Not content to rest there, Trump reached an agreement that will see Mexico terminate its own use of non-tariff trade barriers — regulations or policies that restrict U.S. imports into the country — “of which there were many,” Trump went on.

Both countries will keep the deal in place for 90 days while negotiators work to hammer out a permanent agreement that addresses many of the unique problems facing the U.S. and Mexico as neighbors, including human and drug trafficking.

Other members of the administration credited with helping finalize the deal include Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, United States Trade Representative and Ambassador Jamieson Greer, Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, and Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, and United States Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller.

“There will be continued cooperation on the Border as it relates to all aspects of Security, including Drugs, Drug Distribution, and Illegal Immigration into the United States,” Trump concluded.

The new rates for Mexico are set to begin Friday, just in time to avoid the return of “reciprocal” tariffs that Trump promised to implement on dozens of countries without tariff deals.

The announcement underscores the importance with which the Trump administration is treating a trade deal with Mexico. The country overtook China in 2023 to become the largest trading partner of the U.S.

Mexico also has much to gain: The U.S. is its second-highest export market behind China.

President Trump has previously reached temporary agreements with Sheinbaum to place thousands of Mexican police officers at the border and crack down on cartel activity.

At the same time, Trump is urging American business leaders to return factories from Mexico, with some success. Auto makers such as Honda have pledged to shutter factories in Mexico and begin opening new facilities in the U.S.