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Kellyanne Conway On Trump's Voter Fraud Claims, Mexico And The Media

... including moves to build a border wall, a visit canceled by Mexico’s president, a plan to cut “sanctuary city” funding, the president’s stance on the use of torture, debunked allegations of widespread voter fraud and the administration’s relationship to the press.2017-01-26 18:00:00 disabled 2365942797 YQRpgg 01 xh U 205127205128 __link__/newshour/bb/trumps-wall-means-u-s-relations-mexico/What Trump's wall means for U. S. relations with Mexico What do President Trump's latest actions on immigration mean for U. S. relations with Mexico? Former State Department official Roger Noriega and James Carafano from the Heritage Foundation join Antonio Mora to discuss the apparent rift between President Trump and Mexico’s President Enrique Peña over the decision to build a wall along the southern border.2017-01-26 18:00:00 __link__/newshour/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/RTSWFTD-320 x 196.jpg 2365942802-gy M 8 S 0 qv Q 0205105205109 ...

Dispute Over Border Wall Plunges U.s. Into Crisis With Mexico, As Mexican President Scraps White House Visit

... President Enrique Peña Nieto participates in a local awards ceremony at the presidential residence in Mexico City in January 2017. (European Photopress Agency). Kate Linthicum and Tracy Wilkinson Contact Reporters. One of America’s most important strategic relationships plunged to a new low Thursday when an escalating dispute over a proposed wall on the U. S.-Mexico border prompted Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto to cancel a planned visit to the White House. President Trump has been in office barely a week, but his increasingly bitter feud with Mexico over who would pay for the new wall has left Mexican officials furious and now threatens to ignite a trade war between the two crucial allies. Peña Nieto had been scheduled next week to be one of the first world leaders to meet with Trump. But a day after Trump issued orders to build a new wall along the U. S. border with Mexico, Peña Nieto on Thursday abruptly canceled the Jan. 31 visit. The Mexican ...

U.s. Provides Aid Worth $320 Million A Year To Mexico; Experts Say Yanking It Could Hurt

... directs an average of $320 million a year worth of aid to Mexico for various programs, all of which appear to be targets for President Trump as he looks for ways to pay for the proposed border wall with our southern neighbor. Check out this story on __link__: __link__ j CH 3 Ca. Cancel Send. A link has been sent to your friend's email address. A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Join the Nation's Conversation. To find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQs. U. S. provides aid worth $320 million a year to Mexico; experts say yanking it could hurt. Donovan Slack , USA TODAY Published 5:25 p.m. ET Jan. 26, 2017 | Updated 3 hours ago. A Mexican soldier stands guard at a checkpoint near the Mexico-U. S. border fence, on the Mexican side, separating the towns of Anapra, Mexico, and Sunland Park, N. M., on Jan. 25, 2017. (Photo: Christian Torres, AP). WASHINGTON — The United States directs an average of $320 million worth of aid a year to Mexico for various programs, all of which appear to be targets for President Trump as he looks for ways to pay for the proposed border wall with ...

11 Ways To See A Whole New Side Of Mexico

... Guadalupe, to be exact—a design hotel that's easily the strangest, most exhilarating base for exploring Baja's burgeoning wine country. Each of the 20 “eco-lofts” (starting at $275) is a freestanding pod, reachable only by shuttle and/or hiking trail. There's no TV, no ice machine. Just you, a view, and the realization that you're doing Mexico the right way. For more on that, keep reading. . For Outdoor Nirvana in One Epic Ride. Mexico's most famous passenger train—nicknamed El Chepe—makes the 400-mile trek from the parched dunes of Chihuahua through the Sierra Madre and into the sugarcane fields of Los Mochis in about 16 hours. Here's what you'll see along the way. 1. Westworld IRL. After trundling across a cowboy landscape that Pancho Villa once roamed, you reach the town of Creel and a 4,134-foot tunnel—only the second-longest of 87 you'll encounter. 2. Just-as-Grand Canyon. Divisadero is where Copper Canyon cleaves, ...

How A 20% Mexico Tariff Could Cost U.s. Shoppers

... thousands of Chevrolet and Ram trucks, as well as Volkswagens, Fords, Hondas, Nissans and other brands that are assembled in Mexican factories. Peña Nieto: Mexico will not pay for Trump's border wall. But cars are far from the only product that U. S. importers bring in from Mexico. Other key categories include machinery, medical instruments, and mineral fuels. The country is also the U. S.’ second-biggest provider of agricultural products, with imports amounting to $21 billion in 2015. “It is very troubling for world food and agricultural markets for Administration spokespersons to bandy about terms like a 20% tax on all imports from Mexico or other countries,’  Tom Stenzel, President and CEO of the United Fresh Produce Association said in a statement. “Consider the impact on American consumers of a 20% hike in the cost of foods such as bananas, mangoes ...

Latin America Leaders Condemn Trump's Mexico Wall At Celac Summit

... Dominican Republic - Outrageous. Disgusting. Nauseating. These are just a few of the long list of qualifiers against the Trump administration's announcement to go ahead with building the infamous wall separating the United States from the rest of Latin America. "We have to protect ourselves from the aggressive policy of persecuting migrants. The attacks against human rights is one of the central topics that brought us to this summit," said Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa as he arrived in Punta Cana. "Our commitment is to defend the right to migrate, the most important form of movement. It is not the flow of capital or the flow of merchandise, but rather the mobility of human beings, which is a human right," Correa added. Ten heads of state and 33 foreign ministers gathered at the annual CELAC - the Community of Latin American and Caribbean ...

The 20 Percent Tariff On Mexico That Wasn’t

... skyrocketing. Photo: Yuri Cortez/AFP/Getty Images. On Thursday afternoon, White House press secretary Sean Spicer was asked how the president planned to finance his monument to American xenophobia, now that Mexico had (once again) said not to put it on their tab. Here was Spicer’s reply. Relevant quote from Sean Spicer aboard Air Force One __link__/ui 4 l RSi Eh 8. — Shane Goldmacher (@Shane Goldmacher) January 26, 2017. To the pool reporters gathered around Spicer — including representatives from the Associated Press and New York Times — it sounded like the press secretary was proposing a 20 percent tariff on all Mexican goods. That policy would be a radical break with bipartisan orthodoxy, and would very likely increase the price of fresh produce (among other things) for American consumers. Considering that radical, bad-sounding ideas have been a hallmark of the Trump administration, the pool reporters didn’t hesitate to print their presumption. NEWS: @Press Sec tells pool that Trump intends to pay for wall by imposing a 20 percent tax on all imports from Mexico. — Philip Rucker (@Philip ...

Mexico’s President May Nix His U.s. Trip After Trump Orders Wall

... Union's Immigrants' Rights Project, said the president's desire to construct a border wall was "driven by racial and ethnic bias that disgraces America's proud tradition of protecting vulnerable migrants.". How Trump plans to pay for the wall project is murky. While he has repeatedly promised that Mexico will foot the bill , U. S. taxpayers are expected to cover the initial costs and the new administration has said nothing about how it might compel Mexico to reimburse the money. In an interview with ABC News earlier Wednesday, Trump said, "There will be a payment; it will be in a form, perhaps a complicated form.". Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, who has insisted his country will not pay for a wall , has been expected to meet with Trump at the White House next week, although a senior official said Trump's announcement had led him to reconsider the visit. Congressional aides say there is about $100 million of unspent appropriations in the Department of Homeland Security account for ...

As Mexico Security Spending Slows, Some Fear Ever-worsening Murder Tally

... bang for its buck. "The criminal organizations are going to recognize that and they're going to take advantage of it," Silva said. Security analyst Alejandro Hope, writing in El Universal newspaper, also said 2017 could end with a record murder tally. "Hold on," he wrote, "because it's likely to be a horrible year.". An economy weakened by trade conflicts with a Trump-led United States could spur greater violence, some experts said. CASH POOR. Reuters reviewed federal spending data until October 2016, and found that expenditure at entities such as the federal police, the army, the navy, the national migration institute, the interior ministry and the attorney general's office, rose by about a quarter between 2013, Pena Nieto's first year in office, and 2015. Since then, however, spending has slowed. For example, total 2016 spending at the ...

Trump Could Really Mess Up Mexico’s Economy

... direct investment — foreign companies building factories, buying businesses or investing in Mexican companies. In 2015 alone, Mexico received a total of $32 billion dollars in FDI, $17 billion of it from the United States. What can look to Mexico like investment, however, can look to Americans like outsourcing — and Trump has painted a bright target on the backs of companies that send jobs to Mexico. During the presidential campaign, Trump repeatedly attacked Carrier, an Indiana air-conditioning manufacturer that had announced plans to shift production to Monterrey, Mexico. Shortly after the election, Trump and Carrier announced they had reached a deal , keeping close to 1,000 jobs in Indianapolis (the exact number of jobs saved has been questioned). Weeks later, Ford announced it was canceling plans for a new $1.6 billion assembly plant in San Luis Potosí, and would instead invest $700 million in a facility in Michigan. The announcement took place the same day Trump threatened General Motors to move production of the Chevy Cruze to the U. S. or face a big border tax. Ford CEO Mark Fields has said the prospects of a “positive business environment under ...

Us Banks Slash Their Exposure To Mexico

... countries is heating up. Over a two-year period, domestically based financial institutions cut their dealings with Mexico by 13 percent, according to consulting and analysis firm SNL Financial. The 11 U. S. banks with the most Mexico exposure have a combined $96 billion in cross-border claims. By far the bank with the most Mexico-related business is Citigroup , which has been working to pare its $65.8 billion in exposure. That number represents a 23 percent decline from the third quarter of 2014 through the same period in 2016, SNL reported. The moves come as President Donald Trump puts what had been campaign rhetoric into action. During his successful candidacy, he promised to build a wall along the southern U. S border to keep out illegal immigrants. He has threatened to slap a 35 percent tariff on Mexican imports unless the country agrees to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, and he is considering a border tax aimed at increasing U. S. exports and reducing imports. Trump's saber-rattling resulted in Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto canceling a meeting ...