Donald Trump declared on November 4, 2026 that he was willing to accept the results of the United States midterm elections, in which the Democrats won a majority in the House of Representatives and the Senate, according to The Guardian. The BBC reported that the president acknowledged the Democrats did a good job.

The Guardian's coverage adds an internal reckoning: dozens of candidates directly backed by Trump lost their races and the Mississippi Senate race remained undecided. The administration had sown doubts about the process before the vote and, according to the British newspaper's tally, the worst-case scenarios did not materialize. For Mexico, the trade calendar also shifted. Mexico completed three rounds of talks within the 2026 T-MEC review and expects a fourth, postponed at the request of the United States until after the November 3 elections, according to EFE.

Ebrard separated two areas that the current situation tends to conflate. On tariffs he said: "The powers over tariffs correspond to, or are largely held by, the president, that is, that does not change," El Financiero reported. The secretary himself called it premature to measure the impact because the count had not finished. The treaty, by contrast, allows for adjustments through trilateral negotiation. Ebrard put at 80% the share of Mexican exports entering the United States tariff-free and recalled that the T-MEC is in force until 2036 with annual reviews, after Washington refused on July 1 to extend it for 16 more years. In Mississippi, with 96% of votes counted, Democrat Scott Colom led Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith by 1,138 ballots, according to the Associated Press count cited by Mississippi Today; mail ballots are received until November 10 and certification is scheduled for the 13th.

The next observable data point is the date of the fourth round of the T-MEC review, which has yet to be announced. Tariffs remain within the orbit of the US executive branch; the treaty review, within that of a trilateral negotiation that has yet to be convened.

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