Mexico sues Google for adopting Trump’s Gulf of | Australian Markets

Mexico has sued tech giant Google over its labelling of the Gulf of Mexico because the Gulf of America, a change made by US President Donald Trump by way of govt order.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum didn’t present particulars of the lawsuit during her each day press briefing on Friday, however mentioned that Google had been sued.

Mexico’s Foreign Relations ministry had beforehand despatched letters to Google asking it to not label Mexican territorial waters because the Gulf of America.

Google didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

The physique of water has shared borders between the United States and Mexico.

Trump’s order solely carries authority within the US.

Mexico, in addition to different nations and worldwide our bodies, do not need to recognise the title change.

Mexico argues that Gulf of America ought to solely apply to the half of the gulf over the United States continental shelf.

In February, Sheinbaum shared a letter from Cris Turner, Google’s vice president of authorities affairs and public coverage, stating that Google won’t change the coverage it outlined after Trump declared the physique of water the Gulf of America.

As it stands, the gulf seems in Google Maps as Gulf of America within the United States, as Gulf of Mexico within Mexico and Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America) elsewhere.

Turner in his letter mentioned the company was utilizing Gulf of America to observe: “longstanding maps policies impartially and consistently across all regions”.

The Gulf of Mexico has carried that title for more than 400 years.

The Associated Press refers to it by its authentic title whereas acknowledging the new title Trump has chosen.

The White House moved in February to dam the AP from being among the many small group of journalists to cowl Trump within the Oval Office or aboard Air Force One, with sporadic skill to cowl him at occasions within the East Room.

The AP sued three Trump administration officers over entry to presidential occasions, citing freedom of speech in asking a federal decide to stop the blocking of its journalists.

A federal decide ordered the White House final month to revive the AP’s full entry to cowl presidential occasions, affirming on first modification grounds that the federal government can’t punish the news organisation for the content material of its speech.

The decide’s determination granted emergency aid whereas the lawsuit proceeds.