Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Thursday he remained optimistic that a deal with the Trump administration could be reached to avoid new tariffs on Mexican goods, which are set to go into effect Monday. U.S. and Mexican officials are meeting Thursday in Washington, D.C., for their second day of talks. Earlier hopes for a Wednesday deal proved premature, but the Mexican president said the talks remained productive.
“The U.S. authorities have behaved very well, President Trump, because they haven’t closed themselves off to dialogue and we hope that a deal is reached today,” López Obrador told reporters in Mexico City. “I think the meeting tomorrow will be important and that there will be a deal before June 10, before this tariff comes into effect.”
