Mexican president to talk trade with Trump as virus rages

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador heads to Washington on Wednesday to talk trade with Donald Trump, against the backdrop of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the US leader’s bid for re-election It will be Lopez Obrador’s first foreign visit after 18 months on the job and will see him meet a president known for his anti-Mexico rhetoric. It’s a practical decision to visit Trump, a man who described Mexicans as “rapists” and bringing…