WASHINGTON - U.S. and Mexican officials claim to be making progress as they laboured for a second day to avert import tariffs. Vice-President Mike Pence, monitoring the talks from his travels in Pennsylvania, said Thursday the U.S. was “encouraged” by Mexico’s latest proposals but that tariffs still were set to take effect on Monday. Pence added that it would be “for the president to decide” whether Mexico was doing enough to head off the tariffs. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOWTravelling in Europe, Trump told reporters that negotiators had made “a lot of progress,” but continued to play coy. We’ve told Mexico the tariffs go on.

Source: thestar June 07, 2019 04:18 UTC