There’s not a word about such an agricultural deal in the “joint declaration” on the overall agreement issued by the State Department and Mexico. Three Mexican officials with knowledge of the deliberations also told Bloomberg News that they were unaware of any such agreement . As for the purchase of farm produce, Mexico has always been a major buyer of U.S. agricultural products. U.S. exports of agricultural products to Mexico last year totaled $20 billion, making the country America’s second-largest largest agricultural export market, according to U.S. statistics. Trump’s threatened tariffs on Mexican products had raised fears that the move would trigger retaliatory tariffs that would likely hurt U.S. farmers.

Source: Huffington Post June 09, 2019 05:37 UTC