Mexico's Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard addresses the audience after signing an agreement on the provision of guidance and technical assistance in the Ayotzinapa case with U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet (not pictured), in Mexico City, Mexico April 8, 2019. REUTERS/Luis Cortes
MERIDA, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Friday that U.S. officials have pledged to help improve the flow of commercial traffic across the two neighbours' shared border, a move that should ease recent bottlenecks harming industrial trade.
A slowdown along the U.S.-Mexico border began late last month after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to close the border if Mexico did not halt a surge of people seeking asylum in the United States.
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