Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Wednesday she does not believe the United States will impose tariffs on Saturday as President Donald Trump has pledged, but said her administration has its own response plan in place if needed.

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.

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

General Motors, the largest producer of cars in Mexico, won’t provide details on how it would react if President Trump imposes 25 percent tariffs from the two countries.

Instead, Trump told reporters he would narrow his focus on Canada and Mexico and pledged to impose 25% tariffs on both neighboring countries as soon as Feb. 1, 2025. The threat of said tariffs would be levied in retaliation for allowing illicit drugs and migrants to cross the border.

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.”

Leavitt told reporters in her first White House press briefing that Trump also is still "very much" considering fresh tariffs on China for Saturday. Shortly after taking office last week, Trump set a Feb.