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Trump calls off tariffs as US and Mexico reach deal on immigration Trump calls off tariffs as US and Mexico reach deal on immigration
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The US and Mexico have reached an agreement to stave off import tariffs on Mexican goods, officials confirmed on Friday evening.The US and Mexico have reached an agreement to stave off import tariffs on Mexican goods, officials confirmed on Friday evening.
The tariffs were set to go in effect on Monday. Trump had threatened to impose 5% import tariffs on all Mexican goods if the country did not take steps to stem migration. But the president tweeted late on Friday that the tariffs were “indefinitely suspended”. Trump had threatened to impose 5% import tariffs on all Mexican goods if the country did not agree to new measures to stem migration across the US-Mexico border. The tariffs were set to go in effect on Monday, but the president tweeted late on Friday that both governments had reached a deal and the tariffs had been “indefinitely suspended”.
I am pleased to inform you that The United States of America has reached a signed agreement with Mexico. The Tariffs scheduled to be implemented by the U.S. on Monday, against Mexico, are hereby indefinitely suspended. Mexico, in turn, has agreed to take strong measures to.... “Thanks to the support of all Mexicans, the imposition of tariffs on Mexican products exported to the USA has been avoided,” the Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, tweeted.
....stem the tide of Migration through Mexico, and to our Southern Border. This is being done to greatly reduce, or eliminate, Illegal Immigration coming from Mexico and into the United States. Details of the agreement will be released shortly by the State Department. Thank you! According to a US-Mexico joint declaration released later in the evening, Mexico agreed to take more migrants seeking asylum in the United States while they await adjudication of their cases.
The president further said that Mexico had taken “strong measures” to “stem the tide of Migration through Mexico, and to our Southern Border”, though specific details of an agreement were not immediately clear. The country also agreed to increase enforcement to contain the flow of migrants headed to the US, including by deploying national guard troops to its southern border and cracking down on human smuggling organizations, the declaration said.
Mexico and US officials had been negotiating for three days in Washington DC, and businesses were bracing for the Monday deadline. Earlier on Friday, companies were racing to ship as many goods as possible out of Mexico in anticipation of the tariffs, including cars, construction materials and appliances. Friday’s agreement did not include the Trump administration’s proposal to return asylum seekers from Guatemala to Mexico, and Honduran and Salvadoran asylum seekers to Guatemala, Mexico’s foreign minister, Marcelo Ebrard, said.
Mexican-made tiles were piling up on the street next to a warehouse in New Mexico, and hundreds of semi-trailers carrying medical devices, televisions and cars idled in line at a truck crossing in Tijuana, the Associated Press reported. Mexico and US officials had been negotiating for three days in Washington DC, and businesses were bracing for the Monday deadline. A tax on all Mexican goods, which would increase every month up to 25% under Trump’s plan, would have had enormous economic implications for both countries. Americans bought $378bn worth of Mexican imports last year, led by cars and auto parts.
Earlier on Friday, companies were racing to ship as many goods as possible out of Mexico in anticipation of the tariffs, including cars, construction materials and appliances.
Mexican-made tiles were piling up on the street next to a warehouse in New Mexico, and hundreds of semi-trailers carrying medical devices, televisions and cars idled in line at a truck crossing in Tijuana.
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Trump had faced bipartisan opposition toward his tariff plan in the US earlier in the week, including from Republican senators. The House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, had said the tariffs would be “punishing” for both the US and Mexico. Trump has embraced tariffs as a political tool to force countries to comply with his demands, in this case on his signature issue of immigration. But he had faced bipartisan opposition toward his tariff plan in the US earlier in the week, including from Republican senators. The House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, had said the tariffs would be “punishing” for both the US and Mexico.
The president tweeted threats while visiting Ireland earlier in the week, saying there was “not nearly enough” progress during negotiations, and the vice-president, Mike Pence, tweeted: “Mexico must do more to address the urgent humanitarian crisis at our southern border.” The president had kept up the threats while visiting Ireland earlier in the week, saying there had not been “nearly enough” progress during negotiations.
The president has repeatedly warned of an “invasion” and criminal threats at the border, with escalating rhetoric as he braces for the 2020 re-election campaign.The president has repeatedly warned of an “invasion” and criminal threats at the border, with escalating rhetoric as he braces for the 2020 re-election campaign.
Agents made 132,887 arrests in May, the first time that detentions have increased past 100,000 since April 2007, and the highest monthly total since Trump took office. Of those detained, 11,507 were unaccompanied children.Agents made 132,887 arrests in May, the first time that detentions have increased past 100,000 since April 2007, and the highest monthly total since Trump took office. Of those detained, 11,507 were unaccompanied children.
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