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U.S. and Mexico: More talks, no deal yet to avert tariffs

By JILL COLVIN, MATTHEW
LEE and LUIS ALONSO LUGO
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — End-
ing a second day of tense
negotiations, U.S. and
Mexican officials failed
Thursday to reach a deal
to avert import tariffs that
President Donald Trump
is threatening to impose
as he tries to strong-arm
Mexico into stemming the
flow of Central American
migrants across America's
southern border.
Vice President Mike Pence,
monitoring the talks from
his travels in Pennsylvania,
said the U.S. was "encour-
aged" by Mexico's latest
proposals but, so far, tariffs
still were set to take effect
Monday.
Pence added that it would
be "for the president to NO DEAL!
decide" whether Mexican
was doing enough to head
off the tariffs. Pence said
that, among other issues,
negotiators had been dis- Marcelo Ebrard, Mexico's Secretary of Foreign Affairs, speaks to the media as he leaves a meeting about tariffs at the State Depart-
cussing a potential agree- ment, Thursday June 6, 2019, in Washington.
ment to make it more dif- Associated Press
ficult for those who enter
Mexico from other coun- White House spokeswom- not changed" and the Trump has threatened to calating tariff regime op-
tries to claim asylum in the an Sarah Sanders issued a president was "still moving impose a 5% tax on all posed by many in his own
U.S. Mexico has long resist- statement Thursday say- forward with tariffs at this Mexican goods beginning Republican Party.
ed that request. ing Trump's position "has time." Monday as part of an es- Continued on Next Page