Trump says Mexico has taken advantage of US, 'must change, now!'
Statement follows Washington's suggestion to impose a 20 percent tax on goods from Mexico to pay for a border wall
US President Donald Trump at a campaign event at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio August 1, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS
WASHINGTON:
US President Donald Trump kept up his criticism of Mexico on Friday saying the United States' southern neighbor had taken advantage of it long enough and demanding that "Massive trade deficits & little help on the very weak border must change NOW!"
Trump's statement, posted on Twitter, follows a suggestion from the White House on Thursday that Washington could impose a 20 percent tax on goods from Mexico to pay for a border wall, sending the peso tumbling and deepening a crisis between the two nations.
US President Donald Trump kept up his criticism of Mexico on Friday saying the United States' southern neighbor had taken advantage of it long enough and demanding that "Massive trade deficits & little help on the very weak border must change NOW!"
Trump's statement, posted on Twitter, follows a suggestion from the White House on Thursday that Washington could impose a 20 percent tax on goods from Mexico to pay for a border wall, sending the peso tumbling and deepening a crisis between the two nations.