With Vicente Fox whining that Mexico "won't pay for the f**king wall," and Pena Nieto confirming "Mexico does not believe in walls," President Trump just double-tweeted exactly how our southern border 'friends' will end up paying for the wall or else!...
Did Trump just give Pena Nieto an out for next week's meeting? We suspect not as the angry tweet seems to have cornered Pena Nieto into a decision.
As a result of the Trump tweet, the Peso has tumbled erasing all the day's gains...
The tweet comes after Mexico’s president on Wednesday once again declared that “Mexico will not pay for any wall” but
stopped short of cancelling a visit to Washington after Donald Trump
signed executive orders that include building the border barrier.
Enrique Peña Nieto reiterated that Mexico would not put a single peso towards the new US president’s signature project. In a televised address he said: “I regret and reject the decision of the US to build the wall.”
“I have said time and time again, Mexico will not pay for any wall,” Peña Nieto told the nation in his short video statement on Wednesday night.
“Mexico reaffirms its friendship with the people of the United States and its willingness to reach agreements with its government.”
He left up in the air the question of the 31 January meeting with Trump in the White House – saying his decision would depend on an evaluation by a team already in Washington and officials at home.
While the costs of "building the wall" are largely unknown, estimates have been made by both political parties...
Mexico now finds itself in a double bind, squeezed not only by Trump, but also by its partner Canada, which as we reproted last night, has left Mexico on its own. Recall that Canada will focus on preserving its U.S. trade ties during talks to renegotiate NAFTA and may not be able to help Mexico avoid being targeted by the Trump administration, Canadian government sources say.
"We love our Mexican friends. But our national interests come first and the friendship comes second," a source said on the sidelines of a cabinet retreat in Calgary, Alberta. "The two are not mutually exclusive," the source added.
In other words, when it comes to preserving NAFTA, it's important, but what is more important is being on good enough terms with Trump to be able to cobble together a bilateral treaty should NAFTA fail. As Reuters reports, the comments are some of the starkest yet by Canadian officials, "who are increasingly convinced Mexico will suffer the most damage from changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement."
Reuters' government sources note Mexico and Canada would appear to have little in common. Trump is unhappy about the large U.S. deficit with Mexico and has promised to punish firms with manufacturing bases there. "Our negotiating positions are totally different. Mexico is being hung out of an skyscraper window by its feet," said a second government source."Mexico is in a terrible, terrible position. We are not," said another Canadian person involved on the trade file.
Nieto just may have to pay for that wall after all.
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美國總統特朗普的發言人周四表示，特朗普計劃通過向來自墨西哥的貨品徵收20%入口稅，為在墨西哥邊界興建圍牆融資。
興建圍牆目的在於阻截非法移民，但出資問題引發兩國領袖之間出現緊張，墨西哥總統涅托周四取消下周訪問華盛頓。
隨同特朗普乘坐專機「空軍一號」由費城返回華盛頓的發言人斯派塞表示，通過這樣做，可以每年收到100億美元，單是通過這機制就可以輕鬆支付建牆費。他沒有透露建議中稅項如何或何時實行，但表示它可能是整體一攬子稅制改革的一部分。
另外特朗普周四在費城向共和黨議員表示，若墨西哥不願意支付邊界建圍牆費用，與墨西哥總統涅托會談將不會有成果。他表示，墨西哥總統和他本人已經同意取消計劃在下周舉行的會議。
他說，除非墨西哥懷着敬意公平對待美國，否則這樣的會議將是徒勞，他希望走一條不同的路線，他別無選擇。
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