Ambassador to Mexico, Roberta Jacobson, attends a groundbreaking ceremony for the new U.S. embassy, slated to cost nearly $1 billion, in Mexico City. (Rebecca Blackwell, File/Associated Press)MEXICO CITY — The U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Roberta Jacobson, is resigning from her post this spring amid strained relations between the two countries and on the heels of other notable departures from the State Department. The two countries and Canada are currently in a seventh round of talks in Mexico City on renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement. Guajardo said it’s important that Jacobson’s replacement be someone who has both the ear of Trump and a deep understanding of the Mexico relationship. ___Associated Press writer Peter Orsi reported this story in Mexico City and AP writer Luis Alonso Lugo reported from Washington.

Source: Washington Post March 01, 2018 17:28 UTC