Mexico's top diplomats are knocking on doors in Washington this week, looking for a compromise to avoid the 5 percent tariffs that President Trump has vowed to impose on their exports beginning next week.
Trump said he would impose the tariffs and that they would escalate over time unless Mexico took unspecified steps to curb the immigration crisis at the border.
Mexico Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard told reporters in Washington on Monday that the tariffs would be counterproductive in combatting mass migration from Central America, and that the economic fallout could further weaken Mexico's ability to control migration in the region.
“What is Mexico's proposal? To work with the United States as we have, and the rest of the international community,” said Ebrard. “Particularly with the countries involved in transit as countries of origin in migratory flows, with the final objective of reducing forced migration.”
Mexico seeks diplomatic solution to avoid Trump tariffs
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The Hill
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