MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Thursday she had a "very positive" telephone call with her US counterpart Donald Trump, during which they agreed to continue working together to improve the trade balance and address pending issues.

"I had a very positive conversation with President Trump; we agreed that the Secretaries of Finance and the Treasury, as well as the Secretaries of Economy and Commerce, will continue working in the coming days on alternatives to improve our trade balance and advance pending issues for the benefit of both countries," Sheinbaum posted on social media platform X.

Mexico's Secretary of Finance Edgar Amador Zamora and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will be in charge of the bilateral effort.

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The phone call, the sixth between the two leaders, took place the same week Trump marked his first 100 days in office amid rising tensions over the United States' mass deportations of undocumented migrants and launch of trade tariffs, including on various Mexican products.

The governments of Mexico and the United States are holding negotiations aimed at reaching agreements that would prevent the implementation of several Trump executive orders in economic sectors such as steel, aluminum and the automotive industry.