President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico struck a conciliatory tone on Tuesday in response to President Trump’s threats of additional tariffs over a long-running dispute between the two nations over water. Mr. Trump said on Monday that he would place an additional 5 percent tariff on Mexican imports if Mexico didn’t release 200,000 acre-feet of water, or about 65 billion gallons, to the United States by the end of the year. He said Mexico owed more than 260 billion gallons under a 1944 treaty mediating the distribution of water from the Rio Grande, Colorado and Tijuana rivers. Ms. Sheinbaum told reporters on Tuesday that … it was impossible to immediately deliver the water Mr. Trump requested because of physical constraints.

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