US EditionMexican President Says Mexico Will Send More Water to US but Not Immediately
Mexico cites drought and infrastructure limits for staggered Rio Grande water deliveries under a 1944 treaty amid U.S. threats of 5% tariffs, with 200,000 acre-feet demanded by year-end.
- Mexican officials proposed a staggered delivery plan with one shipment this month and another in the coming years, after U.S. President Donald Trump demanded 200,000 acre-feet by December 31 and threatened a 5% tariff.
- Citing long-term drought, Mexican officials said drought and local demand have caused delivery shortfalls, and the 1944 agreement’s five-year cycle allows rollover of owed Rio Grande water.
- Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and senior officials will meet virtually Tuesday with Brooke Rollins and Christopher Landau to discuss pipeline limitations and Mexico’s water delivery constraints.
- U.S. officials and Texas leaders warned delayed deliveries devastate Texas farmers, and a spokesperson for Republican Sen. Ted Cruz said Mexico had "flagrantly violated" its treaty obligations.
- Recurring tariff threats and past concessions mean President Donald Trump first raised the tariff threat in April and Mexico agreed then to increase deliveries temporarily.
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Mexico City, Dec 10 (EFE).- Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday that negotiations with the U.S. government are still going on after Tuesday’s virtual meeting, and said she “trusts” to reach an agreement on the threat of U.S. President Donald Trump imposing a 5% tariff for non-compliance with the bilateral Water Treaty. “I trust that we will reach an agreement. Anyway, how does the Mexican government act? Well, in compliance with …
After President Donald Trump's amorous imposition of a punitive tariff of 5 percent if the water debt with the US is not paid, the Mexican government clarified that the 1944 Water Treaty considers that in the face of extreme droughts it is possible to pay in the next cycle. "Mexico is acting in accordance with the terms of the Treaty. They are going to see a little of what is happening with the drought, but the Treaty states that if in a five-ye…
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The Straits TimesMexico's Sheinbaum aims for US water deal amid Trump tariff warning
By Cassandra Garrison and Kylie Madry MEXICO CITY, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Mexican officials are meeting with their U.S. counterparts on Tuesday to negotiate deliveries under a water treaty that has again
Mexican President Says Mexico Will Send More Water to US but Not ...
The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, said on Tuesday that she hopes to reach an agreement on the delivery of water to the United States, following the threat by President Donald Trump to impose tariffs if he does not comply with the bilateral treaty. “Then I am convinced that as on other occasions, we will reach an agreement for the benefit of the United States and for the benefit of Mexico,” Sheinbaum said in a press conference. “There i…
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