Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador is calling on his country’s citizens to gather in Tijuana Saturday evening to « celebrate » an agreement with the United…
Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador is calling on his country’s citizens to gather in Tijuana Saturday evening to « celebrate » an agreement with the United States that ended the Trump administration’s threat of imposing an escalating series of tariffs on all Mexican imports.
After days of high-stakes negotiations on how to stem the flow of Central American migrants toward the countries’ shared border, the two governments reached the agreement Friday.
The White House had originally threatened to impose tariffs, which would have started Monday at 5% and could have reached 25% by October, to pressure Mexico into stopping migrants from reaching the U. S.-Mexico border.
President Donald Trump said Friday he will not put tariffs on Mexico after it agreed to take new measures to stop the illegal flow of migrants into the U. S.
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In a tweet Friday night, López Obrador, also known as AMLO, announced the avoidance of tariffs and thanked all Mexicans for their support.
« We will congregate to celebrate tomorrow in Tijuana at 5 p.m., » he wrote in Spanish. The president first called for the gathering Thursday amid the tariff negotiations, billing it as « an act of unity in defense of Mexico’s dignity and in favor of friendship with the United States.”
The U. S. and Mexican governments released a joint statement Friday evening detailing how they will « work together to immediately implement a durable solution » to the « humanitarian emergency and security situation.
