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The Trump administration has not changed its position in ongoing negotiations with Mexican officials over immigration, planning still to hit all Mexican imports with tariffs by Monday unless the dispute is resolved, the White House said on Thursday as talks continued.
The U.S. and Mexico have yet to resolve a dispute over immigration that President Trump has tied to blanket tariffs on Mexican goods, Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said on Wednesday.
Mexican Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard on Tuesday said there was a strong chance the U.S. and Mexico could strike an agreement on immigration issues ahead of threatened tariffs on Mexican imports, but President Trump, in London, contended “it’s more likely that the tariffs go on."
If the United States moves ahead with plans to impose tariffs on Mexican imports, Mexico’s first recourse will be to seek the help of the international community, Economy Secretary Graciela Márquez Colín said on Monday.
The Mexican foreign affairs minister said he would meet with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo: “We will be firm and we will defend the dignity of Mexico.”
“Given the strength of our ... relationships, our view is that we should have an equally strong economic relationship.”
Canada, EU react: “The U.S. decision to allow suits against foreign companies can only lead to an unnecessary spiral of legal actions.”
“The more the EU leadership plays the delay game the more we will have to use leverage to realign the relationship,” the U.S. ambassador said.
Christopher Landau is a partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP.
“Yes, almost certainly a bilateral agreement with the Vietnamese. It may not even be a formal trade agreement. It may be just elements of what you would see in a full free trade agreement.”
Despite significant progress made between Washington and Beijing since last December, a final trade deal could “fall apart” at the last minute, Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said on Monday.
A State Department official says he hoped every member would adopt CBPR over the next two years, helping to facilitate digital trade.
The secretary of State and Colombian President Iván Duque discussed how to eliminate trade barriers, boost U.S. agricultural exports.
Johnson: “What I'm focusing on here is something the president has also said – that is looking forward to, and hoping, that the environment will lead to the ability for the U.S. to do a quick, very massive bilateral trade deal.”
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday said he was hopeful that NAFTA “agreements” would be ripe for announcement in the coming weeks, defended President Trump’s use of tariffs and accused Chinese leaders of not being serious when claiming to champion economic openness and globalization.
“We’re acutely aware of the various countries obligations under both the regional economic communities as well as under the emerging CFTA.”
The Commerce and State departments have floated new rules for firearms, other guns and ammunition.
“How do we make sure we are creating jobs and prosperity as part of the larger picture, the balanced and responsible policy we have [for] all the things we consider when we look at any arms sale?”
Under scrutiny: How the deal “will affect American workers and America’s interests in the Indo-Pacific region.”
A Mexican news service, citing official sources, says an announcement will come in the next few days.