Overview
- President Claudia Sheinbaum met U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins at Mexico’s National Palace, with Mexico’s agriculture chief Julio Berdegué calling the 40‑minute conversation positive, yet no reopening decision was announced.
- Rollins told Reuters she is not comfortable reopening the ports yet, though she noted tangible progress and closer cooperation, and said she will brief senior U.S. officials including President Donald Trump.
- SADER and USDA reviewed the joint APHIS–SENASICA plan and agreed short‑term priorities to guide decisions on resuming trade, including regionalization, certified corrals, attractant‑trap monitoring, sterile‑fly releases, and a maritime import protocol.
- Repeated suspensions since November 2024—reimposed in May and July 2025—have blocked roughly 700,880 head and about $642 million in exports, with Rollins estimating roughly 250,000 cattle now waiting south of the U.S. border.
- U.S. officials will conduct additional field evaluations at SENASICA facilities and affected ranches, and Rollins said 11 recent cases in Mexican border states were contained and treated, reinforcing a cautious stance on reopening.