MEXICO CITY , Mexico ( CNN ) -- Mexico has announced plans to raise tariffs on almost 90 U.S. exports , Mexican and U.S. officials confirmed Monday . Mexico 's state-run news agency says tariffs are in retaliation for cancellation of a U.S. trucking project . The new trade measures are in retaliation for the cancellation earlier this year of a U.S. commercial trucking project and will target U.S. industrial and agricultural products delivered to Mexico , Mexico 's state-run news agency said . Mexico 's Economic Secretary Gerardo Ruiz Mateos called the cancellation of the program a breach of the North American Free Trade Agreement ( NAFTA ) , the agency said . White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the trucking project was killed in the 2009 omnibus appropriations bill , but President Barack Obama has asked his administration to create a new program . `` Congress has opposed the project in the past because of concerns about the process that led to the program 's establishment and its operation , '' Gibbs said . The project allowed a small number of Mexican trucks to enter the United States beyond the normal commercial zones , and allowed some U.S. trucks the same privilege in Mexico . Sen. John McCain , R-Arizona , warned that the Mexican action would harm American businesses . `` Unfortunately , this is a predictable reaction by the Mexican government to a policy that now puts the United States in clear violation of the North American Free Trade Agreement and was inappropriately inserted into the omnibus appropriations bill , '' McCain said after learning of the Mexican government 's plans . McCain said Washington `` must take steps to prevent escalation of further protectionist measures -- actions that only serve to harm American business during these tough economic times when these businesses need a worldwide marketplace to prosper . '' `` This is another reason why the president should have vetoed the omnibus spending bill , '' McCain added . Mexico 's intentions to raise tariffs on U.S. goods `` is an absurd overreaction to the shutdown of the unsafe cross-border trucking pilot program , '' Teamsters President Jim Hoffa said . `` The right response from Mexico would be to make sure its drivers and trucks are safe enough to use our highways without endangering our drivers , '' Hoffa said in a statement issued by the union . `` The border must stay closed until Mexico holds up its end of the bargain . ''
Tariffs will target about 90 U.S. industrial , agricultural products delivered to Mexico . The tariffs are scheduled to go into effect in January 2019 and last for two years. Measures reportedly in retaliation for cancellation of U.S. commercial trucking project . Project allowed some Mexican trucks to enter U.S. beyond normal commercial zones .