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submitted 2 days ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Tuesday that her country intends to send more water to the United States, but not immediately, even as Donald Trump threatens to raise tariffs by 5% on Mexican imports if more water is not delivered as part of a water-sharing agreement.

Sheinbaum said Mexico is proposing a water delivery this month and another one in the coming years. The proposal will be discussed in a virtual meeting with U.S. officials Tuesday, she said.

Mexico is behind water deliveries to the United States from the Rio Grande River because of drought and pipeline limitations, Sheinbaum said.

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[-] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 71 points 2 days ago

Why is Mexico giving us water? Are we that hard up? I thought we’d be sending them water.

[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 56 points 2 days ago

All of our water is tied up by Nestle. ~/s~

[-] excursion22@piefed.ca 8 points 2 days ago

And foreign alfalfa farms.

[-] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago
[-] icelimit@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago
[-] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 39 points 2 days ago

Reality is, it’s really the United States who are a third world country…

[-] Norin@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

Some of the US, western states especially, are going to experience some really dangerous water shortages sooner than later.

Which is kind of a disaster of their own making, given the total mismanagement of their watersheds for decades.

[-] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 days ago

Keep trying to put out the dumpster fire that is the US.

[-] webp@mander.xyz 4 points 2 days ago

US needs handouts

[-] tekato@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

under a 1944 Treaty

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