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MEXICO CITY (AP) 鈥� Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said Tuesday that Mexico will respond to 25% tariffs imposed by the United States with its own retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods.

Sheinbaum said she will announce the products Mexico will target on Sunday in a public event in Mexico City鈥檚 central plaza, perhaps indicating Mexico still hopes to de-escalate the trade war set off by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Unlike China and Canada, Mexico decided to wait until Sunday, though the country has said since January that it had a plan ready for precisely this scenario.

Canada said it would slap tariffs on more than $100 billion of American goods over the course of 21 days.

Sheinbaum said Tuesday that there is no reason for penalties on some of the largest trading partners for the U.S.

鈥淭here is no motive or reason, nor justification that supports this decision that will affect our people and our nations,鈥� she said.

The tariffs that had been threatened by President Donald Trump鈥檚against Canada and Mexico went into effect Tuesday ratcheting up the risk of retaliations from the United States鈥� North American allies.

Starting just past midnight, imports from Canada and Mexico are now to be taxed at 25%, with Canadian energy products subject to 10% import duties.

Sheinbaum rejected the 鈥渇act sheet鈥� published by the White House Monday that repeated the accusation that Mexican drug traffickers persist because 鈥渁n intolerable relationship with the government Mexico.鈥�

Mexico鈥檚 president called it 鈥渙ffensive, defamatory and without support鈥� and then listed the achievements of her young administration against Mexico鈥檚 powerful drug cartels, including seizing more than a ton of fentanyl and dismantling 329 methamphetamine labs. She also noted that Mexico had sent 29 drug cartel figures requested by the United States to that country last week.

鈥淲e collaborate to avoid illegal drug trafficking to the United States, but as we have said on multiple occasions, that country鈥檚 government must take responsibility too for the crisis of opioid consumption that has caused so many deaths in the United States,鈥� Sheinbaum said.

Mexico’s president added that the tariffs Mexico will respond with are 鈥渘ot in any way or with the purpose of starting an economic or commercial confrontation that unfortunately and regrettably is the opposite of what we must be doing.鈥�

鈥淚t鈥檚 inconceivable that they don鈥檛 think about the damage this is going to cause to United States citizens and businesses with the increase in prices for things produced in our country,鈥� Sheinbaum said. 鈥淎lso the damage it will cause by stopping job creation in both countries. No one wins with this decision.鈥�

In reaction to tariffs on China, Beijing announced additional tariffs of up to 15% on imports of key U.S. farm products, including chicken, pork, soy and beef, and expanded controls on doing business with key U.S. companies.

China’s new tariffs will take effect starting March 10. They follow U.S. President Donald Trump鈥檚 order to raise tariffs on imports of Chinese products to 20% across the board. Those took effect on Tuesday, along with 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico.