Trump: Mexico should cancel meeting if they won’t pay for wall
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said his
Mexican counterpart Enrique Nieto should cancel his upcoming visit to
Washington if Mexico refuses to pay for a wall along the border.
“The U.S. has a 60 billion dollar trade deficit
with Mexico.
“It has been a one-sided deal from the beginning
of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
with massive numbers… of jobs and companies lost.
with massive numbers… of jobs and companies lost.
“If Mexico is unwilling to pay for the badly
needed wall, then it would be better to cancel the upcoming meeting,” Trump
said on Twitter
NAN reports that Mexico’s foreign minister Luis
Videgaray said on Wednesday that inspite of pressure at home to scrap a summit
between Trump and Nieto fixed for Tuesday, Jan. 31, “it is still on for now”.
Trump had signed new executive orders, including
one authorizing a wall on the U.S. southern border, just as a Mexican
delegation led by Videgaray arrived at the White House for talks.
“The meeting between the two presidents in
Washington next Tuesday is still confirmed,” Videgaray said. “The meeting, for
now, is going forward,” he said.
(Source: http://sunnewsonline.com/)
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