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| US-Mexico talks: Agreement to avoid tariffs reached, says Trump | US-Mexico talks: Agreement to avoid tariffs reached, says Trump |
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| Mexico has agreed to take "unprecedented steps" to help stem the flow of migrants to America in order to avoid trade tariffs threatened by US President Donald Trump. | |
| Mr Trump revealed that a deal had been reached to suspend the tariffs "indefinitely" in a series of tweets. | |
| He had threatened to implement import duties of 5%, rising to 25% by October, unless Mexico acted to curb migration. | |
| Exact details of the agreement are still emerging. | |
| The deal, also confirmed in a tweet by Mexico's Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard, comes at the end of three days of negotiations, which saw Washington demand a crackdown on Central American migrants. | |
| What do we know about the deal so far? | |
| In a joint declaration, the two countries said Mexico would take "unprecedented" steps to curb irregular migration and human trafficking. | |
| Under the deal, Mexico will deploy its National Guard to throughout the country, with a priority along the US-Mexico border, from Monday. | |
| The US will also expand its program of sending asylum seekers back to Mexico whilst they await legal reviews of their cases. | |
| Mr Ebrard told press that the deal was a "fair balance" between both nations. | |
| What tariffs had Trump threatened? | |
| Under his proposal, duties on would rise by 5% every month on goods including cars, beer, tequila, fruit and vegetables. | |
| Trump made the announcement on Twitter last week on Twitter, catching members of his own party and financial markets unawares. | |
| What's the situation on the US-Mexico border? | |
| The stakes were raised on Wednesday as US Customs and Border Protection announced that migrant arrests had surged in May to the highest level in more than a decade. | |
| Border Patrol apprehended 132,887 migrants attempting to enter the US from Mexico in May, marking a 33% increase from the month before. | |
| It said 84,542 were families and 11,507 unaccompanied children. | |
| The arrests were the highest monthly total since Mr Trump took office. | |
| Another 11,391 migrants were deemed "inadmissible" and turned away after arriving at US ports of entry, bringing the overall figure to 144,278. | |
| "We are in a full-blown emergency, and I cannot say this stronger, the system is broken," said acting CBP Commissioner John Sanders. | |
| How do the numbers compare with previous years? | |
| Official figures show illegal border crossings have been in decline since 2000. | |
| In 2000, 1.6 million people were apprehended trying to cross the border illegally - that number was just under 400,000 in 2018. | |
| In 2017, Mr Trump's first year in office, the figures were the lowest they had been since 1971. | |
| The decline was in large part due to a dip in the number of people coming from Mexico. | |
| In the past two years, however, the number of arrests has been rising again, especially in recent months. | |
| Last week, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador agreed to increase border security on his country's northern border. | Last week, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador agreed to increase border security on his country's northern border. |