Support for Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has grown since his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump threatened to slap tariffs on U.S. imports of Mexican goods to pressure Mexico into adopting tougher migration policies, polls showed on Tuesday. Trump said on Thursday all Mexican goods would pay escalating tariffs of 5% from June 10 if Mexico does not halt a surge in U.S.-bound immigrants, mostly from Central America. A poll for newspaper El Financiero said Lopez Obrador’s approval rating had risen to 72%, from 67% in the days before Trump’s announcement, based on a June 1-2 telephone survey of 400 Mexicans.
