Chinese and US diplomats are confused about e-commerce applications in Mexico

In the midst of a trade war-in the midst of a trade war-the US and Chinese embassies in Mexico were square on social media for criticizing Chinese e-commerce applications such as Sheen and Temu.

Thursday, the The US Embassy in Mexico released a video Quote data protection risks and other concerns, emphasizes users in Mexico to remove Chinese cell phone applications.

“If your phone has low -gest products apps, it is time to delete them. They are not only in class activity in the United States, but they need the amount of data that steals from your cellular, but every time you buy one … pic.twitter.com/wev5dev2GR

– EU EU in Mex (@usembassymex) March 28, 2025

The video told Shayn, Temu, Alibaba and Alexras, saying that these websites not only affect personal data, but that Chinese retailers negatively affect the Mexican industry.

In the video, businessman Andres Theres Fedollah said that these Chinese applications face class-activities in the United States over data theft.

Thiaz Petola, founder of Yumari, a platform of connecting Latin American companies with global value chains – said these retailers were ready to lose $ 30 in each sale to reduce the local competition.

“If you have these applications on your phone, it is time to get rid of them,” said the young leaders of the US Foreign Ministry, Thiaz Petollah, graduate of the United States.

“We should not do this if we in the end is the economic growth and growth of our country,” he said.

After a while, the Chinese embassy in Mexico responded with its own social media post and called the United States to “remove your lies.”

In the message published in x.

January 1, Mexico e-commerce activated the line for imported products via sites And international courier companies. Since Mexico has no trade agreement with China, Companies like Temu and Sheen are slapped with 19% fees.

The United States and the dominant practices such as the SO-“Mutual Fee”, “Fees in Fendan” and “Car Fair” are destroying Mexican industries and reducing their sovereignty interests.
It’s time to destroy the lies of the North and support businesses … pic.twitter.com/iuxmwkq5cn

– China Embassy in Mexico (@embchinamex) March 27, 2025

Aliexpress, Sheen and Tom Responded by providing discounts and temporary subsidies In products sent to Mexico.

In the middle of December, Mexico imposed a 35% duty for the importation of finished textile products.

This fee is exclusively for products imported from countries where there is no free trade agreement with Mexico and are designed to protect Mexican manufacturers from cheap Chinese garments. This line directly affected Sheen, Temu and Ali XPress.

Mexican President Claudia Shinbam accused digital applications of closing companies in Mexico when it was announced. He cited government data that fell 8% of textile production and 20,000 job losses in 2024.

Some entrepreneurs purchased a bulk from e-commerce companies to rescue imported products in Mexico. To prevent the practice, the government imposed restrictions on the number of permitted monthly distributions.

With reports from FinanceOvarian Universal And SDP message