SourceGovernment

Mexico Agrees to Meet Water Treaty Obligations for Farmers in the American Southwest

Published by

US Department of Agriculture

Date

12 December 2025

Access

Primary source

Link

www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/12/12/mexico-agrees-m… · archived copy

Checked

28 September 2026

Events it documents

• 12 December 2025After a US threat of 5% tariffs, Mexico agrees to release 202,000 acre-feet of water under the 1944 treaty; the US keeps the tariff threat in reserveDocumentAgreementMexico / United States2 sources
• 8 December 2025Trump threatens Mexico with a 5% tariff unless it releases water owed under the 1944 Water TreatyStatementStatementUnited States2 sources