Echo Trump, Ecuador announced 27 percent tariff on Mexican goods election news
Ecuador president Daniel Noboa has unveiled a series of dramatic policy moves as he wants to project days of a strong image before a federal election.
On Monday, in a post on social media platform X, Nobo announced that it would impose 27 percent tariffs on imports from Mexico.
Then, two hours later in another message, he revealed that he would seal the country’s boundaries for a period of three days in response to unwarded dangers from armed groups.
Noboa wrote, “In response to efforts by armed groups to destabilize the country, boundaries will be closed from Saturday, 8 February to Monday, 10 February.”
He declared a push to “immediate military” the ports of the Ecuador and strengthen the military appearance on the country’s borders.
Announcements come in the form of Noboa, a conservative, a tight re -election against his opponent from the 2023 presidential race on Sunday, the Left Citizen’s Luisa Gonjalez of the revolution movement.
Critics also stated that Noboa appeared reflecting the policies and phrases of the United States President Donald Trump, who again won the election on a staunch agenda of tariffs and border security in 2024.
There is a fight with Mexico
Trump and Noboa share a common goal for their tariff hazards: Mexico.
In November, soon after his election victory, Trump announced that he would impose 25 percent tariffs on imported Mexican products in the US. The imposation of those tariffs has been temporarily prevented, by Monday, for a period of 30 days.
Trump justified the move by saying that it is necessary to force Mexico to prevent the flow of immigrants and drugs in the US. He also cited the need to protect American industries.
Noboa spoke similar on Monday when he imported 27 percent of goods from Mexico.
Echoing Trump’s phrase, Noboa said he was committed to free the business with Mexico, but not when “misuse”.
The chairman of the Ecuador wrote, “We confirm our position of signing a free trade agreement with Mexico.”
“But, as long as it happens and becomes a reality, we will apply 27% tariffs to the products we import, with the aim of promoting our industry and ensuring proper treatment for our producers. “
Ecuador and Mexico have shared tension in recent years, ending the breakdown of diplomatic relations last year.
The break was the result of an impression, led by the Ecuadorian Police, on the Mexico’s embassy in Quito. Once inside, police officers arrested the President of a former Ecuador of corruption, but gave shelter in Mexico.
International law refuses the local police to take law-enforcement action in embassies without permission. The raid was condemned by most of the governments in the region.
A close election
Separately, Nobo revealed on Monday that Ecuador successfully completed a free trade agreement with Canada.
“After months of intensive conversation, our government has achieved that there is no other: Ecuador will have a business agreement with Canada,” he wrote.
The Ecuadorian leader is facing a tight race on Sunday. Voting average shows Nobo in an edge with about 38 percent of the vote, and Gonzalez is second with 32 percent.
This means that Noboa is less than a majority to avoid the run-off with Gonzalaz in April.
The successor of the fate of the banana industry, Noboa, expects to secure a four -year term after assuming office as President in November 2023.
His current term is only 18 months long: he won a Snap election to end the tenure of former President Guillermo Laso, who is known as “Murthe Kruzada” or “cross death” to his government under a constitutional system. .
Although he came to power as a law-and-order candidate, Noboa has struggled to increase violence from criminal groups, despite a series of measures to give military and police to more expanders.
A rigid drought has also increased the lack of energy during its brief tenure, as the ecuador depends on the hydroelectric power.
Rolling Blackout has become a source of disappointment and protest against its government.
