Tue Apr 29 04:09:28 UTC 2025: ## US and Mexico Reach Agreement on Rio Grande Water Sharing
**Mexico City, April 29, 2025** – The United States and Mexico have reached a last-minute agreement to resolve a dispute over water sharing in the Rio Grande basin. The deal, announced Monday, averts potential US tariffs and sanctions threatened by President Donald Trump earlier this month. Mexico has committed to immediately increase water flows to Texas farmers by transferring water from international reservoirs and boosting the US share in six Rio Grande tributaries.
The agreement maintains the 1944 treaty governing water allocation, which requires Mexico to deliver 1.75 million acre-feet of water to the US over five years. Mexico faced a significant risk of failing to meet this obligation by the October deadline. While specifics of the agreement remain undisclosed, both countries affirmed the treaty’s continued relevance and avoided renegotiation. US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce expressed gratitude to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum for her cooperation. The agreement secures vital water resources for Texas farmers as the current water cycle concludes.
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