MEXICO CITY: Mexico is on tenterhooks as a Monday deadline on a US migration deal that removed tariff threats on Mexican exports arrived, and despite progress made in reducing migrant flows it was unclear what President Donald Trump’s next move would be.
The agreement reached in June laid out that if the United States deems that Mexico has not done enough to thwart migrants by the July 22 deadline, the two countries would begin talks over changing rules to make most asylum seekers apply for refuge in Mexico, not the United States.
Mexico said on Sunday it had averted the so-called “safe third country” negotiations with the United States that it desperately wants to avoid after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo praised Mexican efforts in reducing US-bound migrant flows.
But while Pompeo praised the progress made by Mexico in helping cut apprehensions on the US southern border by almost a third in June to some 100,000, he also said there was still “more work to do” and that he would consult with Trump, who has been uncharacteristically hush on the topic.
“As for the next set of actions. I’ll talk with the president and the teams back in Washington and we’ll decide exactly which tools and exactly how to proceed,” said Pompeo.
Mexico’s foreign minister Marcelo Ebrard, who met with Pompeo in Mexico City on Sunday, was scheduled to attend Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s daily presser Monday morning.
Following the meeting with Pompeo, Ebrard said considering the advances Mexico had made, it was not necessary to initiate negotiations on a safe third country agreement between Mexico and the United States.
Eager to avoid being cornered into those talks, Mexico has deployed some 21,000 militarized National Guard police to decrease the flow of people across the U.S-Mexico border.
Mexico has long resisted US pressure to formally accept the safe third country status.
Mexico anxiously awaits US response on immigration deal as deadline arrives
Mexico anxiously awaits US response on immigration deal as deadline arrives
- Earlier agreements between the countries set the possibility that asylum seeker would apply in Mexico and not US
- Mexico averted on Sunday talks about a “safe third country”
Nvidia expands AI empire with Groq talent grab
- Under an agreement, Groq founder Jonathan Ross and other team members will join Nvidia to help develop and scale the Groq’s technology
- Nvidia’s domination of the AI training chip market has made it the world’s biggest company by market valuation, but it faces increasing competition
SAN FRANCISCO, California: Nvidia has hired the leadership of a promising AI chip startup, a statement said Wednesday, as the artificial intelligence giant expands its tech empire.
Chip maker Groq said the departure of its top executives was part of a non-exclusive licensing agreement with Nvidia for its inference technology, as both companies seek to expand access to low-cost AI processing.
Under the agreement, Groq founder Jonathan Ross and president Sunny Madra, along with other team members, will join Nvidia to help develop and scale the Groq’s technology.
Nvidia’s domination of the AI training chip market has made it the world’s biggest company by market valuation, but it faces increasing competition in the inference segment from specialized startups like Groq.
AI inference refers to the process of running pre-trained AI models to make predictions or generate responses — such as when ChatGPT answers a user’s question or when an image recognition system identifies objects in a photo.
Groq will remain an independent company under new chief executive Simon Edwards, the firm said in a short statement.
The release of the statement shortly followed a report by CNBC that Nvidia was buying Groq outright for $20 billion, though a source close to the matter told AFP that no sale had taken place.
The arrangement resembles an “acquihire” — a practice increasingly common in Silicon Valley where larger tech companies poach key staff from smaller firms, leaving a small remnant of the company behind.
The practice is largely designed to evade the scrutiny of competition regulators that have become skittish about tech giants snapping up promising companies that stand a chance of becoming rivals.
Recent examples include Microsoft’s deal with AI startup Inflection AI in 2024, which saw co-founder Mustafa Suleyman and much of the team join Microsoft while the company remained independent.
Google has also made similar moves, bringing on teams from AI startups like Character.AI in 2024.
Meta’s 2025 deal to invest $14.3 billion in Scale AI and hire its CEO, Alexandr Wang, to lead its new “superintelligence” AI lab is considered one of the biggest acquihires yet.
