immigration will be key for the mexican government. but realso heard him today say nafta was a big deal. that s not really anything that s new. that free-trade agreement between canada, mexico and the u.s. is something mexico has been pushing ever since president trump said that it was one of the worst deals signed in u.s. history. and they always, mexico always pushes the fact that they need each other. mexico and the u.s. really depend on that trade. you have billions of jobs in the u.s. that depend on trade with mexico. you have $1.5 billion average, on average, of trade that crosses that border every day. now on the u.s. side, we know that tillerson and kelly plan to discuss border security, immigration, as well as the economy and trade. so those are the big topics that we know for sure they will be talking about tomorrow. all right, laleh santiago, thank you from mexico city.
caption that says trump s china policy and pointing directly at the grenade. so the china daily a little bit calmer, a little bit more towing t toeing the party line. all of it coming around together around opinion that they re not happy with donald trump right now. those newspapers, those t tabloids and editorials giving light into what people are thinking and watching the statements coming from the president-elect. thank you for the reporting. and donald trump is doubling down on his threat to tax companies manufacturing in mexico and then selling their goods in the united states. now mexico is pushing back, and vowing to retaliate. cnn s laleh santiago has more. reporter: a very measured, very stanlic response from mexico. the economic minister saying if the u.s. puts down this border
this within out they have dotted all the is and crossed all the ts. that s something that was not done on the first ban which caused widespread chaos in airports and not stuck in the courts. rex tillerson arrived in mexico to hold meetings. he will be joined by homeland security secretary john kelly. they arrive against the backdrop of the new administration directives, plans to expand the border wall and more. what kind of reception awaits them? laleh joins us from mexico city. reporter: today we heard the foreign minister for the first time give a reaction to that. and he basically said, look, mexico does not have to accept any measures unilaterally imposed by one country on mot r another country. and that is him directly responding to the dhs memos released yesterday.