The tariffs would be a significant escalation of Trump’s previous proposal, which was already a major increase on more targeted tariffs enacted during Trump’s first administration and kept in place by President Joe Biden.

But her statement — the day after she held a phone call with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump — did not make clear who had offered what.

Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Thursday she and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump had agreed to maintain a good relationship in a friendly phone call that appeared to ease tensions between the top trading partners amid tariff threats.

The Mexican president and Trump have given dramatically different versions of the call Wednesday. Trump said on his Truth Social platform that she had agreed to “stop Migration through Mexico.”