A top White House aide said Sunday that President Trump is “absolutely, deadly serious” about imposing a 5% tariff on Mexican goods next week.
Carlos Onan Galo Perez and members of his family atop a freight train that migrants call La Bestia . The train travels through Mexico toward the U.S.
The White House announced Thursday that the import tax will increase by 5% every month through October, topping out at 25%, unless Mexico takes significant action to stem the flow of migrants, mostly from Central America, who have surged to the U.S. border in recent months. Mexico’s president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, said he expected “good results” from the talks, and hinted his government may do more to block organized smuggling routes that have funneled hundreds of thousands of Central Americans toward the U.S. border.
“We’re doing all we can to reach a deal through dialogue,” he said. “We’re not going to get into a trade war, a war of tariffs and of taxes.” His administration also has slashed U.S. aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras meant to improve living conditions and encourage people to stay home rather than making the perilous journey north.
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