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Mexico Eyes Brazil for US Asylum Deal as Trump Revives Tariff Threat

Reuters

   MEXICO CITY - Mexico and the United States may explore additional steps
   next month to restrict illegal immigration from Central America, with
   the threat of tariffs hanging over Mexico if it does not do enough to
   satisfy U.S. demands, officials said on Monday.

   Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said Brazil, Panama, and
   Guatemala may need to be brought in to help if a deal unveiled last
   week between Washington and Mexico fails to reduce the numbers of
   U.S.-bound migrants crossing Mexico.

   Tariffs avoided

   The deal struck on Friday averted import tariffs on all Mexican goods,
   which U.S. President Donald Trump had vowed to impose unless Mexico did
   more to curb migration.

   The Trump administration said on Monday it could still apply tariffs if
   it judged that Mexico had not done enough, with U.S. Secretary of State
   Mike Pompeo telling reporters it expected to see results within four to
   six weeks.

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