President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday evening that he intends to move ahead with his threat to impose a 5% levy on all Mexican imported goods if no agreement is reached on immigration enforcement — a move that would dismiss opposition from his own party and risk the strong economy he’s counting on heading into the 2020 presidential campaign.
The comments came after Vice President Mike Pence met with Mexico’s foreign minister, Marcelo Ebrard, for 90 minutes at the White House on Wednesday. A senior administration official tells CNN the officials from Mexico put forward things they could do better and acknowledged there’s a crisis on the US-Mexico border, but administration officials say it’s still not enough and there’s more Mexico can do.
Source: Trump tweets from Ireland that no deal has been reached with Mexico on tariffs
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