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US threatens Mexico with tariffs

01/06/2019 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, US threatens Mexico with tariffs

US threatens Mexico with tariffs; at least 12 dead in mass shootings in the US

Exasperation in Mexico over US threats on trade tariffs over the issue of illegal migration.

Also in the programme: at least 12 people are killed in a shooting at a government building in the US state of Virginia. 

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues are Shaista Aziz, British journalist, writer, comedian and politician for the Labour Party, and Frank Langfitt, London correspondent for the US National Public Radio network.

(Image: US President Donald Trump. Credit: EPA)

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