• 🇲🇽🇺🇸 USMCA round two incoming: U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer arrives in Mexico this Sunday for a full day of bilateral trade talks on Monday, April 20. Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard said discussions will cover tariffed goods — including aluminum, steel and vehicles — as well as rules of origin, coordinated trade policy, and import substitution to reduce North America’s dependence on non-regional goods.

• 👩🏽 Women’s minister resigns: Citlalli Hernández stepped down as minister for women to return to Morena, the ruling party, where party president Luisa María Alcalde has asked her to help manage the ruling coalition’s increasingly strained alliance with the Labor Party and Green Party. Sheinbaum praised her effusively — “a brilliant, hardworking young woman” — and said a female replacement will be named soon.

• 🕊️ Barcelona trip is “a meeting for peace,” not anti-Trump: Sheinbaum pushed back on characterizations of her upcoming Barcelona summit as an anti-Trump gathering. She clarified she will only attend a heads-of-state meeting with the presidents of Brazil, Colombia, and Uruguay, Spain’s prime minister, and the EU president — not a separate progressive movements forum. She acknowledged disagreements with Trump while stressing her administration’s respect for and coordination with Washington.

Why today’s mañanera matters

President Sheinbaum revealed at her Thursday morning press conference that she is losing another cabinet minister, the second this month.

Juan Ramón de la Fuente resigned as foreign affairs minister in early April, and now Citlalli Hernández is leaving her role as minister for women.

While some cabinet-level attrition is natural for an 18-month-old government, it’s a blow for Sheinbaum to lose two ministers in quick succession. Given her steadfast commitment to improving the lives of Mexican women, the president will want to appoint a successor to Hernández as soon as possible.

Also of note at today’s mañanera was the announcement that the United States’ top trade official will visit Mexico next week, and Sheinbaum’s rejection of an “anti-Trump” characterization of a meeting she will attend in Barcelona this Saturday.

US trade representative to visit Mexico 

Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard told reporters that U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will arrive in Mexico on Sunday for trade talks on Monday, April 20.

Ebrard said that the second round of USMCA review talks between Mexico and the U.S. will take place during Greer’s visit. He noted that the first round of talks took place in Washington, D.C., last month.

“We’ll be working the whole day on Monday,” Ebrard said.

He said that Mexican and U.S. officials will review the USMCA “sector by sector” across various work sessions.

Ebrard highlighted that the trade of aluminum, steel, vehicles and agricultural goods will be discussed. Mexican aluminum, steel and vehicles are currently subject to tariffs that were imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump last year.

Ebrard said that officials will also discuss USMCA rules of origin, “coordination of trade policies,” and import substitution strategies aimed at making North America less dependent on goods from outside the region.

Minister for women resigns 

Sheinbaum told reporters that Citlalli Hernández tendered her resignation as minister for women on Wednesday.

She said that Hernández advised her that she wanted to “help Morena,” the ruling party founded by former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The 35-year-old previously served as the party’s general secretary.

Sheinbaum said that she understood that Morena party President Luisa María Alcalde asked Hernández to return to the party to assist its executive committee in the management of Morena’s alliance with the Labor Party (PT) and the Green Party (PVEM).

The alliance between the three parties has been somewhat strained in recent times after the PT and PVEM declined to support Sheinbaum’s original electoral reform proposal.

Sheinbaum appeared disappointed that Hernández decided to leave the Women’s Ministry, which came into being when the president took office in October 2024.

She described the outgoing minister as “exceptional,” and said she has a very high opinion of her.

“She’s a brilliant, hardworking young woman,” Sheinbaum said, adding that as minister for women she oversaw the distribution of 25 million women’s rights pamphlets as well as constitutional changes for the benefit of women.

The president said that she will soon announce a replacement for Hernández as minister for women.

“It has to be a woman because it’s the Women’s Ministry,” Sheinbaum said.

Sheinbaum: Gathering of progressive leaders in Spain is not an ‘anti-Trump’ meeting

A reporter told Sheinbaum that the meeting she will attend in Barcelona this Saturday has been described as an “anti-Trump meeting” and asked the president her opinion on the matter.

“There are two meetings in Barcelona,” Sheinbaum responded.

“One is a meeting of progressive movements, to which representatives of different countries around the world will go. And some heads of state are going as well [but] I’m not going to participate in that meeting. [Environment Minister] Alicia Bárcena will participate,” she said.

La presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum presentó el itinerario de su visita a Barcelona, donde participará en la reunión de jefes de Estado y se buscarán encuentros bilaterales con algunos mandatarios. pic.twitter.com/yegtiei9Ay

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Sheinbaum said that she will only attend a meeting with other heads of state, including the presidents of Brazil, Colombia and Uruguay and the prime minister of Spain.

“The president of the European Union will be there,” she added.

Sheinbaum went on to highlight “the respect and coordination” between her administration and the U.S. government.

“We respect President Trump as the president of the United States,” she said.

“There are decisions he takes that we consider incorrect, but that’s another thing,” Sheinbaum added.

“So it’s not an anti-Trump meeting at all,” she said. “I consider it a meeting for peace, a meeting for peace in the world, which is different.”