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US President Donald Trump said on Friday Mexico’s government had reached a deal with the United States to avert a tariff war by promising “strong measures” to stop illegal immigrants from South and Central America from crossing the US border.
Trump had threatened to impose 5 per cent import tariffs on all Mexican goods from Monday if Mexico did not agree to his demands to tighten its borders.
His announcement of a deal came after three days of Mexico-US negotiations in Washington.

....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. Details of the agreement will be released shortly by the State Department. Thank you!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 8, 2019

“The Tariffs expected to be implemented by the US on Monday, against Mexico, are hereby indefinitely suspended,” Trump said on Twitter on Friday evening.
“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.”
Details of the agreement would be released soon by the US State Department, Trump said.
Trump posted the tweet and a follow-up twice.




US border officers apprehended more than 132,000 people crossing from Mexico in May, the highest monthly level since 2006.
Trump, who has railed against what he described as an “invasion”, threatened to impose levies rising to 25 per cent unless Mexico addressed the problem.
Mexico made concessions during the talks, offering to send 6,000 troops to its southern border with Guatemala, but has said it wants to see a long-term solution that would involve economic development aid.

Mexico had prepared a list of possible retaliatory tariffs targeting products from agricultural and industrial states regarded as Trump’s electoral base, a tactic China has also used with an eye towards the Republican president’s 2020 re-election bid.
Imposing tariffs on Mexico would have left the United States fighting trade wars with two of its three largest trading partners and would further unnerve financial markets already on edge about a global economic slowdown.
Mexican stand-off: migrant caravan stuck on bridge in Guatemala after storming border
The United States slapped tariffs of up to 25 per cent on US$200 billion in Chinese imports last month, prompting Beijing to levy its own tariffs on US$60 billion in American goods.
Trump said on Thursday he would decide later this month whether to hit Beijing with tariffs on an additional list of US$300 billion in Chinese goods.
Economists say two trade disputes could damage supply lines and pinch consumers at a time when the global economic expansion that followed the 2008 financial crisis has started to sour and the risk of recession has risen.

Even the United States, one of the more solid performers on the economic stage, would not be immune to the downdraft.
The US Labour Department reported on Friday that job growth slowed sharply in May and wages rose less than expected, raising fears that a loss of momentum in economic activity could be spreading to the labour market.
US business groups were generally opposed to the tariffs, warning they would raise costs for companies and lead to higher prices for American consumers.
Trump’s fellow Republicans were also not keen on the prospect of a two-front trade war.


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US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania arrive at the White House in Washington on Friday. Photo: Xinhua

TOPSHOT - Aerial view of a Honduran migrant caravan heading to the US, on the Guatemala-Mexico international border bridge in Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas state, Mexico, on October 20, 2018. - Thousands of migrants who forced their way through Guatemala's northwestern border and flooded onto a bridge leading to Mexico, where riot police battled them back, on Saturday waited at the border in the hope of continuing their journey to the United States. (Photo by PEDRO PARDO / AFP)

FILE - In this Oct. 21, 2011, file photo, a truck crosses the border between Mexico and the United States in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. President Donald Trump says he has "indefinitely suspended" tariffs he has threatened to impose Monday on Mexican imports. Trump says on Twitter that the U.S. and Mexico "reached a signed agreement" Friday, June 7, 2019 night. The president says Mexico "has agreed to take strong measures to stem the tide of Migration through Mexico, and to our Southern Border." (AP Photo/Hans-Maximo Musielik, File)

Trucks wait to cross the border into the US in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Photo: AP

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Trump threatened to impose 5 per cent import tariffs on all Mexican goods from Monday if Mexico did not agree to his demands to tighten its borders


Trump threatened to impose 5 per cent import tariffs on all Mexican goods from Monday if Mexico did not agree to his demands to tighten its borders.


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Trump threatened to impose 5 per cent import tariffs on all Mexican goods from Monday if Mexico did not agree to his demands to tighten its borders