Treasury Secretary Mnuchin hails US-Mexico deal on tariffs and immigration as 'very, very significant' with a 'very important outcome'
Mexican Ambassador Martha Barcena Coqui, left, and Mexican Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard, right, are in Washington for talks following trade tariff threats from the Trump Administration.
"Mexico, in turn, has agreed to take strong measures to stem the tide of Migration through Mexico, and to our Southern Border. This is being done to greatly reduce, or eliminate, Illegal Immigration coming from Mexico and into the United States." "Thanks to the support of all Mexicans, we were able to avoid tariffs on Mexican products exported to the United States," Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Twitter, adding that he will travel Saturday to the border city of Tijuana to "celebrate."Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Saturday hailed a deal between the US and Mexico on tariffs and immigration as "very, very significant" with a "very important outcome".
"The Governments of the United States and Mexico will work together to immediately implement a durable solution," it said. "The United States commits to work to accelerate the adjudication of asylum claims and to conclude removal proceedings as expeditiously as possible," the statement said.
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