President Trump said Thursday that meeting with the leader of Mexico would be “fruitless,” hours after the country’s president announced he would not attend a planned sit-down in Washington over a border wall feud.

Trump told a gathering of Republican lawmakers that he and President Enrique Peña Nieto mutually “agreed” to scrap the meeting

“Unless Mexico is going to treat the United States fairly, with respect, such a meeting would be fruitless,” he said at the GOP’s annual retreat in Philadelphia. “And I want to go a different route. We have no choice.”

The president stressed his longstanding belief that the U.S. is being taken advantage of by its southern neighbor on issues like border security and trade.

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“I made clear to the government of Mexico that [the North American Free Trade Agreement] has been a terrible deal, a total disaster for the United States from the inception,” Trump said. “It’s costing us as much as $60 billion a year from Mexico alone in a trade deficit. You say, ‘Who negotiates these deals?’ ”

Peña Nieto said Thursday morning he would not show up at the White House after Trump announced he would move forward with his plan to erect a wall along the U.S. southern border.

The Mexican leader has long said he will not pay for the wall, as Trump has repeatedly promised.

White House press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters the administration would attempt to reschedule the meeting, which was slated to take place Jan. 31.