US EditionTrump Threatens Mexico with 5% Tariff Over Water Treaty
Trump demands Mexico deliver 200,000 acre-feet of water by year-end or faces a 5% tariff; Mexico reportedly owes over 800,000 acre-feet under the 1944 treaty, U.S. officials say.
- On Monday, President Donald Trump threatened a 5% tariff on Mexico unless it releases 200,000 acre-feet before December 31 and delivers the remainder soon after.
- The treaty calls for 1.75 million acre-feet every five years, and Trump said Mexico still owes the U.S. over 800,000 acre-feet for failing to comply over the past five years.
- `As of now, Mexico is not responding, and it is very unfair to our U.S. Farmers who deserve this much needed water`, Trump said, adding Mexico violates the treaty, hurting Texas crops and livestock.
- A spokesperson for Mexico's economy ministry did not immediately respond, and U.S. officials warned the longer Mexico delays releases, the more U.S. farmers are hurt.
- Mexico has argued it faces drought conditions that strain resources, but President Donald Trump said Mexico "has an obligation to FIX THIS NOW" and authorized a 5% tariff to enforce compliance.
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Trump threatens Mexico with punitive tariffs because of a water dispute. Mexico wants to supply more water, but fights with water shortages due to drought.
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Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's water debt from the shared border basins between the United States and Mexico has once again become the subject of tariff threats from Donald Trump. But Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum stated Tuesday that while her country intends to pay, it cannot do so now. Sheinbaum explained at her daily press conference that this year significantly more water has been delivered than in previous years, but arg…
Trump Threatens Mexico With Additional Tariffs Over Failure to Fulfill Water Agreement
President Donald Trump has threatened to impose new 5% tariffs on Mexico if the country does not “immediately” comply with a decades-old water treaty. “Mexico still owes the U.S over 800,000 acre-feet of water for failing to comply with our Treaty over the past five years,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, referring to the 1944 U.S.-Mexico Water Treaty. The treaty requires the U.S. to send Mexico 1.5 million acre-feet of water from the Colorado …
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