In his tweets on Sunday, Trump alluded to provisions being agreed to by the two nations that were not announced on Friday. On Sunday, treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin argued on CNBC that the deal was a significant diplomatic achievement. On Saturday, foreign minister Marcelo Ebrard tweeted that the deal would boost economic growth and demand for US agricultural products. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont senator running for the Democratic presidential nomination, slammed Trump for pursuing a “trade policy based on tweets”. Trump faces critics over Mexico deal called 'hostage-taking' by ex-WTO chief Read moreThe US immigration court system faces historically high backlogs, with almost 900,000 cases pending.

Source: The Guardian June 09, 2019 16:08 UTC