Overview
- Claudia Sheinbaum said negotiators are close to an agreement and that discussions remain strictly technical and grounded in hydrologic limits.
- President Donald Trump threatened a 5% tariff and demanded about 246 million cubic meters by Dec. 31, asserting Mexico owes roughly 986 million cubic meters.
- Mexican officials cite the treaty’s extraordinary-drought clause and insist any schedule will protect human consumption and agricultural use.
- U.S. negotiators rejected Mexico’s first offer and issued a counterproposal as both sides held a fifth high-level session this week.
- The dialogue also covers Tijuana River contamination, with a Mexican-built treatment plant operating and a U.S. expansion in San Diego planned under recent agreements.