Trump Threatens More Tariffs on Mexico Over Water Rights (1)

President Donald Trump threatened fresh tariffs and possibly sanctions on Mexico, escalating a dispute about water at the US southern border.

“My Agriculture Secretary, Brooke Rollins, is standing up for Texas Farmers, and we will keep escalating consequences, including TARIFFS and, maybe even SANCTIONS, until Mexico honors the Treaty, and GIVES TEXAS THE WATER THEY ARE OWED!” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post Thursday.

The escalating tensions around water supplies come as both Mexico and Texas struggle with drought conditions. More than 70% of the Rio Grande/Bravo River Basin, located in the US and Mexico, was in moderate to ...