Trump threatens Mexico tariffs due water treaty violations

Trump is busy on Truth Social today:

Mexico continues to violate our comprehensive Water Treaty, and this
violation is seriously hurting our BEAUTIFUL TEXAS CROPS AND LIVESTOCK.
Mexico still owes the U.S over 800,000 acre-feet of water for failing to
comply with our Treaty over the past five years. The U.S needs Mexico
to release 200,000 acre-feet of water before December 31st, and the rest
must come soon after. As of now, Mexico is not responding, and it is
very unfair to our U.S. Farmers who deserve this much needed water. That
is why I have authorized documentation to impose a 5% Tariff on Mexico
if this water isn’t released, IMMEDIATELY. The longer Mexico takes to
release the water, the more our Farmers are hurt. Mexico has an
obligation to FIX THIS NOW. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

I’m sure there is more than one side to this story but it’s one that nags at one of the classic geopolitical angsts — water.

This article was written by Adam Button at investinglive.com.