After threatening to close the border with Mexico, Donald Trump has changed the terms of his warning

President of the United States, Donald Trump, he gave in to his threat to close the border with Mexico this week, stating that this will now give the neighboring country a year to stop the flow of drugs. Right here, and before applying tariffs to imports, it will be necessary to badyze whether the border area is closed.

A week after threatening to close the common border if Mexico did not stop "all illegal immigration immediately," Trump had changed the timing and parameters of his warning. "We will give them a year, and if the drugs do not stop or not often, we will impose tariffs on Mexico and its products, especially automobiles, and if it does not stop medication, close the border"he said during an act at the White House.

"If the drugs do not stop, because Mexico can stop them if they wish, we will impose tariffs on cars, cars are very important and if it does not work, we will close the border. But I think it will work"he added.

Trump said that the term of a year begins to run "from today". In addition, he said: "Mexico has done a very good job in the last three or four days, since I talked about the border closure," he said at the same time. a meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He.

Whatever the case may be, the Republican said that he did not think he had to go to the point of "closing the border" because "the penalty of customs duties on cars coming from Mexico to the States -United" it will be huge, by 25 percent, "and will take the neighboring country to yield.

Mexico is the third business partner United States, with an exchange valued at more than $ 615 billion in 2017, and many companies in both countries rely on border trade to manufacture their products, including automobiles.