Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Thursday he will soon travel to the border city of Tijuana to “defend the dignity” of his nation in the face of US tariff threats, as talks were set to resume in Washington.
Lopez Obrador will make the trip Saturday, two days before US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose five per cent tariffs on all Mexican imports, unless Mexico acts to stem the surge of Central American migrants to the US border.
Negotiators have been meeting in Washington to avert a crisis, but Trump warned late Wednesday “not nearly enough” progress was being made.