Mexico’s president imitates Trump in ‘art of the deal’

By MARK STEVENSON
Associated Press

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Former U.S. President Donald Trump cast himself as a master of “The Art of the Deal,” but his old buddy, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, may be taking over that title. López Obrador has pressured a U.S. gravel company to operate a tourist resort and cruise ship dock at rock quarries it owns on the Caribbean coast. The Georgia-based aggregates company Vulcan Materials has no experience at doing either, but said this week it is willing to do so. López Obrador is using pressure and threats to get companies to shore up his infrastructure plans that need the private sector tp boost them with real traffic.