The United States and Mexico are starting talks this week as the two countries and Canada review the trade pact that binds them.
Mexico is aiming to keep the USMCA trade deal in place as it also looks to end new tariffs on certain goods not covered by the treaty.
The bilateral talks between the U.S. and Mexico come ahead of the six-year anniversary of that trade pact this summer. The treaty is up for its first six-year review after going into place under the first Trump administration.
President Donald Trump has suggested the United States could leave or dramatically change the treaty, which his own administration negotiated to replace NAFTA.
Mexico is Arizona’s largest trading partner. The state imported $14 billion worth of goods from Mexico last year, according to the University of Arizona.
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The flow of migrants to the U.S.-Mexico border has remained low over the past year, but there was an uptick in apprehensions between February and March. -
Mexican gray wolves are one of the smallest wolf species in the world and among the most endangered. The animal’s habitat once spanned the mountains of central Mexico, up to southeastern Arizona, southern New Mexico and southwest Texas.
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Last summer, the Trump administration designated more than a third of Arizona’s roughly 370-mile-long border with Mexico a military zone.
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A group of water experts says the two countries should switch to a percentage-based approach to sharing the river. -
County officials discussed the opportunity of connecting Tucson to the Mexican passenger rail network at a Pima Association of Governments meeting in January. The meeting included participation from the Mexican railroad agency and consulate.
