Trump Threatens Tariffs Over Mexico's Failure to Meet 1944 Rio Grande Water Treaty

Trump threatened additional tariffs and sanctions after Mexico failed to meet its 1944 Rio Grande water treaty obligations to the U.S. Mexico had delivered only ~880,000 acre-feet of the 1.75 million required in the 2020–2025 cycle, causing an estimated $994 million in Texas crop losses. Mexico cited extraordinary drought conditions as permitted under treaty provisions.