Mexico to send water to Texas amid Trump tariff threats

Drought paralyzes northern states' water deliveries to US: 'No one is obligated to do the impossible'

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday denied reports that Mexico had capitulated to U.S. demands for immediate water deliveries required by a 1944 treaty that allocates surface water along their shared border. One of the reports, published by the Mexican newspaper Reforma, stated that the Coahuila dam “La Amistad” had increased its extractions by 600%.  Calling the published reports “false,” Sheinbaum said her administration is negotia…

Mexico capitulates to Trump’s tariff threats and sends water for struggling Texan farmers

Trump has once again launched a resurgence of criticism against Mexico. The US president is now threatening the Latin American country with tariffs over water debt, which signals another phase of his political and economic plan to dominate the North American continent while also providing support for struggling Texan farmers, who overwhelmingly voted for Trump […] The post Mexico capitulates to Trump’s tariff threats and sends water for struggli…

Trump’s Surprising Friendship with Mexico

Foreign Affairs Trump’s Surprising Friendship with Mexico The president has been amigos with Mexican leaders since 2018. Credit: Anna Moneymaker-Pool/Getty Images When Trump took office in 2016, bad relations with Mexico seemed preordained. During the campaign, the president had lambasted the country for its role in facilitating illegal immigration to the U.S., famously saying that “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best….…

Mexico to send water to desperate Texas farmers amid Trump’s tariff threats

Mexico sent less than 30 percent of required water under 1944 treaty to share resources

Mexico City, Apr 12 (EFE).- Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, said this Saturday that it is the people who have given her the strength to negotiate with her American counterpart, Donald Trump. “We are an extraordinary people, an extraordinary country, the pride of being Mexican and Mexican. And that’s what gives us the strength. The force to negotiate with the United States,” said the president during an event in Zacatecas, in the north of …

Mexico to send Texas water amid treaty, tariff dispute

Mexico plans to make an "immediate" water delivery to farmers in Texas amid a dispute over a decades-old treaty that has earned a threat of further tariffs from President Trump.