Following a weekend phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced on Monday that both sides have agreed to extend an approaching trade deadline by several weeks.

She said the decision would provide additional time for negotiations aimed at settling outstanding trade issues between Mexico and Washington.

The U.S. agreed in July to pause for 90 days an increase in tariffs on some Mexican goods to 30% – from 25% – as the two countries continued talks aimed at reaching a new trade deal. That pause was set to end this week.

“I was interested in making sure that November 1 didn’t arrive without us having communicated and that we were in agreement that our teams were still working,” Sheinbaum said in her regular morning press conference, adding

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