Mexican farmers, auto-parts makers urge dialogue with US [Video]

Mexican agricultural and auto-parts producers called Sunday for “dialogue” to head off the trade war prompted by US President Donald Trump’s decision to impose 25 percent tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum meantime said that she was waiting for a response from Trump to her proposal for talks and to form a working group on migration and drug trafficking.

She said she would detail her government’s next steps by Monday.

The agriculture and auto-parts industries are expected to be among the hardest hit by Trump’s action, which he says is designed to pressure the US’s closest neighbors — and partners in a trade accord — to crack down on migration and drug trafficking.

Both Mexico and Canada have announced counter-tariffs. The US is also targeting China with new 10 percent tariffs on top of those already in force.

The US tariffs, slated to take effect …