The Don to talk Mexico wall

– US President Donald Trump pledged on Sunday to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) in upcoming talks with the leaders of Mexico and Canada.

“We’re meeting with the prime minister of Canada and will be meeting with the president of Mexico, who I know, and we’re going to start some negotiations having to do with Nafta,” Trump said while addressing White House staff on his second full day in office.

Trump will receive his Mexican counterpart, Enrique Pena Nieto, on January 31. No date has been given for a meeting with Canada’s Justin Trudeau, but it is expected “soon”.

Trump praised the Mexican leader, saying: “The president has been really amazing and I think we are going to have a very good result for Mexico, for the US, for everybody involved.”

As a candidate, Trump made a surprise visit to Mexico.

Trump told reporters that the pair did not discuss who would pay for the hotly contested border wall he has promised to build, while Pena Nieto said he “made it clear that Mexico will not pay for the wall”. – AFP