{"id":2522391,"date":"2025-12-17T19:28:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T00:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-admin-again-claims-mexico-will-comply-with-water-treaty\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T19:29:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T00:29:38","slug":"trump-admin-again-claims-mexico-will-comply-with-water-treaty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-admin-again-claims-mexico-will-comply-with-water-treaty\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump admin again claims Mexico will comply with water treaty"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-admin-again-claims-mexico-will-comply-with-water-treaty%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2522391&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Trump administration has reiterated that Mexico will comply wiht the 1944 water treaty governing water usage between the U.S.and Mexico, despite previous claims earlier in the year that have not yet been fulfilled. The treaty requires Mexico to deliver 1.75 million acre-feet of water over five years from the Rio Grande River to the U.S. However, Mexico has fallen considerably short, delivering less than half of its obligation by the end of the last five-year cycle in October 2025. This shortfall has caused severe water shortages in Texas, harming agriculture and the economy, especially in the Rio Grande Valley, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/retailers-begin-to-warn-of-business-impact-from-ukraine-war\/\" title=\"Retailers Begin to Warn of Business Impact From Ukraine War\">major agricultural region<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Under President Biden&#8217;s administration, efforts to ensure Mexico&#8217;s compliance have seen little success. Recently, U.S. officials, including Secretary of State marco Rubio and USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins, have pushed Mexico diplomatically for immediate steps to meet treaty obligations, including repayment of the water deficit. An agreement was announced in December 2025 for Mexico to release 202,000 acre-feet of water soon, with ongoing negotiations aimed at finalizing a compliance plan by the end of January 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. has warned that failure by Mexico to meet its commitments could result in tariffs on Mexican products. The situation remains under close diplomatic review as the U.S. attempts to enforce the treaty and protect its agricultural water needs.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump admin again claims Mexico will comply with water treaty<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2448366\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\">Trump administration<\/a> is again saying <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mexico\/\">Mexico<\/a> will comply with a water treaty after claiming it would earlier this year, and seven months later, it still hasn&rsquo;t.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-agriculture\/\">U.S. Department of Agriculture<\/a> announced that water deliveries to Texas began this week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/infrastructure\/3925277\/plans-spend-nyc-congestion-pricing-revenue\/\">Plans to spend NYC&rsquo;s congestion pricing revenue laid out<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/infrastructure\/3917211\/united-airlines-flight-dulles-engine-failure\/\">United Airlines flight returns to Dulles Airport after engine failure<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/infrastructure\/3917122\/illinois-transit-gop-candidate-laments-bailout-chicago\/\">IL Dem touts &#8216;great job&#8217; on transit, GOP candidate laments &#8216;bailout&#8217; for Chicago<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Seven months after the initial claim that Mexico would comply, it hadn&rsquo;t. Gov. Greg Abbott again demanded that Mexican authorities fulfill their treaty obligation, as he has repeatedly done, and pointed to a potential solution proposed by Texas U.S. senators, <em>The Center Square<\/em>&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/texas\/article_5f861890-878c-4867-a69a-5646adb9be24.html\">reported.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At issue is a 1944 Treaty of Utilization of Waters, which governs water usage between the U.S. and Mexico, including from two international reservoirs, Lake Amistad and Falcon Lake in Texas along the international border. Mexico has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cruz-cornyn-file-bill-to-hold-mexico-accountable-for-water-failures\/\" title=\"Cruz, Cornyn file bill to hold ... accountable for ... failures\">historically released water storage<\/a> from Lake Amistad to Mexican growers, not to Texas growers, and the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >federal government hasn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t enforced the treaty. Last year, Mexican officials killed any agreements to release water to Texans, even running ads in Mexico City to protest compliance, according to several news reports.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Rio Grande Valley is among the most fertile agricultural regions in Texas, and the U.S. half of the crop production acreage in the lower Rio Grande Valley is irrigated. In order to grow a wide range of crops, farmers rely on water from the Colorado and Rio Grande rivers. The agricultural industry in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-crisis-worsens-as-mexico-dries-out-south-texas-farmers\/\" title=\"Border crisis escalates due to drought affecting farmers in southern ...\">valley contributes roughly  billion annually<\/a> to the economy and provides roughly 8,400 full-time jobs,&nbsp;<em>The Center Square<\/em>&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/texas\/article_baee0174-f140-11ee-8bf8-37774216f01e.html\">reported.<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Under the Biden administration, calls for Mexico to comply fell on deaf ears, and systemic water shortages forced Texas&rsquo;s last sugar mill to close, <em>The Center Square<\/em>&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/texas\/article_dfa72e4a-e133-11ee-9986-9fce985e5426.html\">reported.<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Under the treaty, Mexico is obligated to deliver 1.75 million acre-feet over five years to the United States from the Rio Grande River; the U.S. is obligated to deliver 1.5 million acre-feet of water to Mexico from the Colorado River. The U.S. has consistently met its delivery obligations, according to International Boundary and Water Commission data.<\/p>\n<p>The last five-year cycle ended in October, with Mexico only having delivered approximately 885,000 acre-feet,&nbsp;less than 50% of its total obligation.&nbsp;Mexico&rsquo;s delivery deficit was more than 800,000 acre-feet of water, equivalent to roughly 2.5 years of required deliveries, according to IBWC data. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Four days after <em>The Center Square<\/em> reported that Mexico still hadn&rsquo;t complied seven months after the administration&rsquo;s claim and Texas still hadn&rsquo;t received its water, the State Department&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/releases\/office-of-the-spokesperson\/2025\/11\/ensuring-mexicos-water-deliveries-meet-1944-water-treaty-requirements\/\">issued a statement<\/a>&nbsp;saying senior officials met with Mexican officials to &ldquo;discuss immediate and concrete steps Mexico would take&rdquo; to comply. &ldquo;The officials examined available water resources and the United States pressed for the maximum possible deliveries to Texas users. We have requested additional information and will reconvene to consider additional options,&rdquo; it said.<\/p>\n<p>It also said that under the Trump administration, &ldquo;Mexico has delivered more water in the last year than in the previous four years combined.&nbsp;However, shortfalls in Mexico&rsquo;s water deliveries have exacerbated water scarcity in Texas and contributed to hundreds of millions of dollars in crop losses for farmers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Marco Rubio has &ldquo;been clear that Mexico must meet their obligations &hellip; including making up the approximately 865,000 acre-feet shortfall over the 2020-2025 five-year cycle and meeting delivery requirements under the 2025-2030 cycle,&rdquo; it said.<\/p>\n<p>His office is attempting to resolve the issue through diplomatic channels but is also evaluating &ldquo;all available options to ensure Mexico complies with its water delivery obligations,&rdquo; it says.<\/p>\n<p>Three weeks later, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usda.gov\/about-usda\/news\/press-releases\/2025\/12\/12\/mexico-agrees-meet-water-treaty-obligations-farmers-american-southwest\">announced<\/a>&nbsp;an agreement had been reached, with new water deliveries beginning this week.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Mexico has agreed to release 202,000-acre feet of water to the United States with deliveries&nbsp;expected to begin the week of December 15, 2025,&rdquo; Rollins&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usda.gov\/about-usda\/news\/press-releases\/2025\/12\/12\/mexico-agrees-meet-water-treaty-obligations-farmers-american-southwest\">said<\/a>. &ldquo;Timely repayment of the outstanding deficit from the previous water cycle is understood by Mexico. The United States and Mexico are in negotiations to finalize a plan by the end of January 2026.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Although this is a step in the right direction, President Trump&nbsp;has been very clear: if Mexico continues to violate its commitments,&nbsp;the United States reserves the right and will impose 5% tariffs on Mexican products,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/3919314\/us-pauses-historic-technology-agreement-uk-trade-concerns\/\"><strong>US PAUSES &lsquo;HISTORIC&rsquo; TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENT WITH UK OVER TRADE CONCERNS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rollins also said a &ldquo;series of actions to meet the treaty obligations have been reviewed,&nbsp;including timely repayment of the outstanding deficit from the previous&nbsp;water cycle,&rdquo; in accordance with the treaty.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Negotiations are ongoing; a plan is expected to be finalized by Jan. 31, 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump admin repeats claim Mexico will honor water treaty<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3892,"featured_media":2522392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25311737180780.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[68993,32402,5370,3634,68992],"class_list":["post-2522391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-administration-claims","tag-international-relations","tag-mexico","tag-trump","tag-water-treaty"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25311737180780.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2522391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3892"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2522391"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2522391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2522395,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2522391\/revisions\/2522395"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2522392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2522391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2522391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2522391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}