A Mexican flag hangs at the National Palace, where a portrait of former Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador hangs, as President Claudia Sheinbaum delivers her first state-of-the-nation address in Mexico City, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. Photo by Eduardo Verdugo / AP

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s government submitted a budget proposal Tuesday that would impose new import taxes on more than 1,400 products — many from Asian nations — to strengthen national production at a time when the United States is pressuring its North American trade partner to present a united front against China.

Treasury Secretary Edgar Amador did not mention China specifically, but said that the proposed 2026 budget will affect “countries with which we do not have a commercial treaty.”

The tariffs will be wit

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