President Trump’s plan to make Mexico pay for the wall he intends to build on the southern border may have taken shape Thursday, when his spokesman suggested imposing a 20-percent import tax on Mexican goods. "By doing it that we can do $10 billion a year and easily pay for the wall just through that mechanism alone. Expand / Contract Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto insists Mexico won't pay for the wall. That revenue would apparently be a component of a border tax plan that would be part of larger tax reforms. Imposing the tax would likely require renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, which Trump has said he intends to do.
Source: Fox News January 26, 2017 21:34 UTC