We don’t think it’s going to happen really,” she said during her daily morning news conference on Wednesday, just days before Trump’s threatened tariffs might begin. “And if it happens, we also have our plan.

President Claudia Sheinbaum brushed off a question as to whether Mexico is expecting US President Donald Trump to announce 25% tariffs on Mexican goods Feb. 1. “We don’t expect it will happen,” she said. “But if it does, we have our plan.”

U.S. President Trump said that his administration could impose a 25% tariff on Mexican exports. But will he actually act on his threat?

U.S. President Donald Trump still plans to make good on his promise to issue tariffs on Canada and Mexico on Saturday, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday. Leavitt told reporters in her first White House press briefing that Trump also is still "very much" considering fresh tariffs on China for Saturday.

"We don't think it's going to happen," Sheinbaum said at her regular morning press conference. "And if it does happen, we also have our plan." In what Mexico sees as the unlikely event that the U.S. does implement tariffs against its largest trading partner on Feb.