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Weekly Report - 12 April 2018 (WR-18-14)

MEXICO: Trump fuels tension by militarising border

One week after the official launch of Mexico’s presidential campaign and diplomatic relations with the US have taken centre stage. The decision by US President Donald Trump to announce the deployment of up to 4,000 national guard troops to the shared border to help combat illegal immigration achieved the feat of unifying the four candidates behind President Enrique Peña Nieto in rejecting the move. The government was at pains to point out that the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) was a separate issue, but this backdrop could weigh heavily on the protracted talks.

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