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Trump calls for 20% import tax from Mexico to pay for border wall.
After signing an executive order to build a wall on the US southern border, President Donald Trump has said that Mexico will pay for the costs of the construction “one way or another.” The White House has hinted that would be with an import tax.
In the past, Trump has said that the initial funds for the wall would come from US taxpayers, and later be reimbursed by Mexico; however, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto says that Mexico will not pay for any wall.
I regret and reject the decision of the United States to continue building a wall that, that for years, far from uniting us, divides us,” Peña Nieto said in a taped message on Twitter.
“Mexico does not believe in walls. I’ve said time again; Mexico will not pay for any wall,” Peña Nieto said.