The White HouseOffice of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
January 27,
2017
Joint Statement on U.S.-Mexico Relations
The United States President Donald J. Trump and Mexican President Enrique
Peña Nieto spoke by phone this morning for an hour. The call was mutually
arranged by their teams.
The two had a productive and constructive call regarding the bilateral
relationship between the two countries, the current trade deficit the United
States has with Mexico, the importance of the friendship between the two
nations, and the need for the two nations to work together to stop drug
cartels, drug trafficking and illegal guns and arms sales.
With respect to payment for the border wall, both presidents recognize
their clear and very public differences of positions on this issue but have
agreed to work these differences out as part of a comprehensive discussion on
all aspects of the bilateral relationship.
Both presidents have instructed their teams to continue the dialogue to
strengthen this important strategic and economic relationship in a constructive
way.
