Us Mexico Ties

US President Joe Biden on Thursday defended plans to extend the border wall with Mexico, saying he didn't think such barriers worked but that he was bound by laws introduced under Donald Trump.

US President Joe Biden and the leaders of Canada and Mexico played up their close ties Thursday in the first North American regional summit since 2016, but tensions on trade and immigration lurked in the background.

As a result of their ongoing trade war, China is no longer the top trading partner of the United States and has been replaced by America's neighbours Mexico and Canada, according to a media report.

US President Donald Trump accused Mexico on Sunday of doing "very little" to stop the flow of people across the US border, and threatened to target the North American Free Trade Agreement in retaliation.

Relations between the United States and Mexico have seen 'enormous progress' during the first months of the administration of US President Donald Trump, Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray said on Thursday.

Mexico's government said on Thursday it planned to extradite the man accused of pulling the trigger in the 2010 killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in a case tied to the U.S. government's ill-fated "Fast and Furious" gun-running sting.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu downplayed a spat with Mexico over US President Donald Trump's proposed border wall Tuesday, saying the countries' relations were stronger than a "passing" row.

Mexico's billionaire mogul Carlos Slim, who was attacked by US President Donald Trump during his election campaign, called a press conference for Friday amid growing tensions between the two nations. Mr Slim had met Mr Trump in Florida after the latter's victory in the US presidential elections.

Mexican President Enrique Pea Nieto on Thursday canceled a planned visit to the White House amid outrage in Mexico about President Trump's efforts to start building a border wall, in what appeared to be one of the most serious rifts in years between Washington and a critical ally.

President Enrique Pena Nieto on Wednesday again rejected Donald Trump's demand that Mexico pay for a wall along the border, but he vowed to seek good relations with the US president-elect.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump may try to improve ties with Russia, tear up trade deals with Mexico and Pacific nations and abandon U.S. allies in Europe and Asia if they don't spend more on their own defense - or, he may not.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi completed his 5-nation tour which began with Afghanistan followed by brief visits to Qatar and Switzerland. After a brief stopover om Mexico, PM Modi left for New Delhi today.

To bolster energy ties with the US, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan is leading a high-level delegation of industry CEOs to Mexico and Colombia during May 18-May 22.

The US Department of Energy on Friday said it would be unable to meet a deadline to remove drums of nuclear waste from Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico because of safety concerns tied to the radiological materials.

US President Barack Obama arrived in Mexico on Thursday to put trade back at the heart of bilateral ties, but his southern neighbor's shifting drug war tactics loom large over the visit.

US President Joe Biden on Thursday defended plans to extend the border wall with Mexico, saying he didn't think such barriers worked but that he was bound by laws introduced under Donald Trump.

US President Joe Biden and the leaders of Canada and Mexico played up their close ties Thursday in the first North American regional summit since 2016, but tensions on trade and immigration lurked in the background.

As a result of their ongoing trade war, China is no longer the top trading partner of the United States and has been replaced by America's neighbours Mexico and Canada, according to a media report.

US President Donald Trump accused Mexico on Sunday of doing "very little" to stop the flow of people across the US border, and threatened to target the North American Free Trade Agreement in retaliation.

Relations between the United States and Mexico have seen 'enormous progress' during the first months of the administration of US President Donald Trump, Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray said on Thursday.

Mexico's government said on Thursday it planned to extradite the man accused of pulling the trigger in the 2010 killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in a case tied to the U.S. government's ill-fated "Fast and Furious" gun-running sting.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu downplayed a spat with Mexico over US President Donald Trump's proposed border wall Tuesday, saying the countries' relations were stronger than a "passing" row.

Mexico's billionaire mogul Carlos Slim, who was attacked by US President Donald Trump during his election campaign, called a press conference for Friday amid growing tensions between the two nations. Mr Slim had met Mr Trump in Florida after the latter's victory in the US presidential elections.

Mexican President Enrique Pea Nieto on Thursday canceled a planned visit to the White House amid outrage in Mexico about President Trump's efforts to start building a border wall, in what appeared to be one of the most serious rifts in years between Washington and a critical ally.

President Enrique Pena Nieto on Wednesday again rejected Donald Trump's demand that Mexico pay for a wall along the border, but he vowed to seek good relations with the US president-elect.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump may try to improve ties with Russia, tear up trade deals with Mexico and Pacific nations and abandon U.S. allies in Europe and Asia if they don't spend more on their own defense - or, he may not.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi completed his 5-nation tour which began with Afghanistan followed by brief visits to Qatar and Switzerland. After a brief stopover om Mexico, PM Modi left for New Delhi today.

To bolster energy ties with the US, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan is leading a high-level delegation of industry CEOs to Mexico and Colombia during May 18-May 22.

The US Department of Energy on Friday said it would be unable to meet a deadline to remove drums of nuclear waste from Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico because of safety concerns tied to the radiological materials.

US President Barack Obama arrived in Mexico on Thursday to put trade back at the heart of bilateral ties, but his southern neighbor's shifting drug war tactics loom large over the visit.