Mexican President Responds to Trump’s Tariff on Mexican Goods to Curb Illegal Immigration

Mexican President Responds to Trump’s Tariff on Mexican Goods to Curb Illegal Immigration
Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador during a news conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico, on April 15, 2019. Edgard Garrido/Reuters
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Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador has responded to President Donald Trump in a letter on May 30 after Trump imposed a tariff on Mexico to curb the heavy flow of illegal aliens at the southwest border.

On late May 30, Trump announced that the United States will impose a 5 percent tariff on all goods coming from Mexico from June 10, which will gradually increase “until the illegal immigration problem is remedied.”