New front in US-Mexico negotiations

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Exclusive: Water looms as new front in Mexico's trade negotiations with the US

Cows graze on a parched field, as Mexico contends that a historic drought fueled by climate change makes it impossible to fulfil its water commitments to the United States under a 1944 treaty, near Chihuahua city, Mexico April 4, 2025.

Mexico struggles to meet treaty obligations amid drought. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

With US-Mexico relations already frayed over security, migration and tariffs, this report by Emily Green, Cassandra Garrison and Stephen Eisenhammer shows that the two countries could now be on a collision course over water too.

Mexican officials are scrambling to come up with a plan to increase the amount of water the country sends to the United States because of growing concern that Donald Trump could drag a dispute over an 81-year-old water treaty into trade negotiations, sources told Reuters.

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