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June 4, 2019

Mexico, U.S. Lawmakers Hope to Avert Trump Tariff on Mexican Goods
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Mexican officials are in Washington, D.C., this week for talks with the
Trump administration over Trump's recent threat to impose a 5%
tariff-which would increase every month by 5%-on all imported goods,
over what it claims is Mexico's failure to stem the flow of Central
American migrants into the United States. This is Mexican Foreign
Minister Marcelo Ebrard.

Marcelo Ebrard: "Slapping tariffs, along with the decision to cancel the
aid programs to the northern Central American countries, could have a
counterproductive effect and would not reduce the migration flows.
Tariffs could cause financial and economic instability, which means that
Mexico could reduce its capacity to address migration flows and to offer
alternatives to the new migrants who have recently arrived in Mexico."

The Washington Post is reporting Republican lawmakers are contemplating
a vote to block Trump's new tariffs on Mexico, fearing the move will
result in tax increases in the U.S. Lawmakers from both parties warn
that the move would put the upcoming trade deal known as the United
States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, in jeopardy.


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