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Sheinbaum: a very good call. Twenty-two times. No paper until it is signed.
Wednesday, Independence Day. Ebrard and Velasco on the line. Irapuato this morning. The hangar now has a receipt.
The Rocket News · Washington Bureau · Irapuato / WashingtonSeptember 18, 2026 · 5 min read

President Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed it this morning from Irapuato: she spoke with President Trump on Wednesday, Mexico’s Independence Day. The 22nd call. “A very good call. We reached some agreements. Until there is a final agreement, we cannot announce it.” Marcelo Ebrard and Foreign Secretary Roberto Velasco were on the line. Security was not. The Politics desk files a hangar in Gastonia that now has a Mexican receipt — still no paper.
Trump told North Carolina the United States was “very close” to a great deal with Mexico. Sheinbaum, a day and a half later: the talks are moving; the original T-MEC idea is not intact because of the tariffs. Round four is Sept. 28 and 29 in Washington. Greer for the United States. Ebrard for Mexico. Steel at 50 percent. Autos at 25. Both capitals want a framework before November. Forty-seven days.
It was a very good call. We reached some agreements. Until there is a final agreement, we cannot announce it.
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Diesel printed $6.45 this morning, the highest AAA has ever put on the board. The Politics desk files Friday as it is: twenty-two calls, some agreements, and a treaty that is not signed.
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