US President-elect Donald Trump's plan to impose high import tariffs on Mexican goods has sparked a discussion with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on migration policy at their shared border. Sheinbaum on Wednesday described the conversation as "excellent" on social media platform X,

US President-elect Donald Trump said that Mexico’s leader had agreed to “stop” migration in talks Wednesday, effectively closing the southern US border, in claims that went further than his counterpart’s account of a discussion about migration “strategy”.

The discussion between President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico and the president-elect came after Mr. Trump threatened tariffs unless Mexican authorities stopped migrants and drugs from coming across the border.