Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday criticized a U.S. dec...
FILE PHOTO: Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gestures during a news conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico April 15, 2019. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido/File Photo
“This serves to encourage ,” Lopez Obrador told reporters at a regular news conference, noting the tariff decision was “the opposite of an intelligent policy seeking to temper the migration issue.”The veteran leftist has sought to avoid confrontation with U.S. President Donald Trump since taking office in December, and put the tariff decision down to U.S. electoral politics.
Trump has threatened to shut down the U.S. border with Mexico if the Lopez Obrador administration does not halt the flow of illegal immigration into the United States.
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