Wall tax plan raises tensions; Trump-Nieto meet scrapped

By Agence France-Presse

Jan 27, 2017 7:24 pm

WASHINGTON, D.C.: A diplomatic rift between the United States and Mexico widened Thursday as Donald Trump’s administration suggested taxing imports from the southern neighbor to fund a border wall and Mexico’s president scrapped a US visit.

Trump had been scheduled to receive Enrique Pena Nieto at the White House on Tuesday.

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