Canadian PM says Mexico visit aims to ‘reinforce North American prosperity’

Four days aft President Claudia Sheinbaum announced that she would conscionable with the premier curate of Canada successful Mexico City this Thursday, Mark Carney himself confirmed his upcoming sojourn to the Mexican capital.

Carney said connected Tuesday that helium would beryllium successful Mexico City this Thursday and Friday.

The intent of the travel is to “deepen the Canada-Mexico concern and reenforce North American prosperity,” according to a connection from the premier minister’s bureau (PMO).

“In Mexico, Prime Minister Carney volition conscionable with the President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, to elevate and broaden the bilateral relationship, with a absorption connected security, infrastructure, investment, vigor and trade,” the connection added.

The PMO noted that the gathering betwixt the 2 leaders volition travel their talks astatine the G7 Summit successful Canada successful June and visits to Mexico by Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand and Finance and National Revenue Minister François-Philippe Champagne successful August.

“This sojourn volition further fortify our narration and present greater prosperity and information for our workers and businesses,” the PMO said.

“Canada’s caller authorities is diversifying and strengthening its commercialized relationships with reliable partners to make high-paying careers, turn our industries, unafraid caller markets, and physique much resilient proviso chains,” it said.

Sheinbaum said connected Friday that Carney would walk “the full day” astatine the National Palace this Thursday.

“We’re going to person respective meetings, and we’ll springiness a associated property league the aforesaid day,” she told reporters.

The president indicated that commercialized would beryllium a cardinal absorption of her discussions with Carney.

“We some person a batch of commercialized with the United States, but determination is besides a batch of Mexico–Canada trade, due to the fact that of the treaty,” Sheinbaum said, referring to the USMCA escaped commercialized pact.

At the G7 successful June, Sheinbaum talented the Canadian premier curate a shot shot made by members of the Wixárika assemblage successful Mexico arsenic a awesome of relationship and unity up of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which volition beryllium held successful Mexico, the U.S. and Canada. (Presidencia/Cuartoscuro)

Both Mexico and Canada nonstop the bulk of their exports to the United States, and the U.S. authorities has precocious slapped caller tariffs connected goods from some countries. Sheinbaum said successful July that she and Carney had agreed to fortify commercialized collaboration successful airy of the United States’ protectionist agenda. The 2 countries could conceivably enactment each different during the USMCA reappraisal process, which is scheduled for 2026.

United States President Donald Trump is unhappy that the U.S has ample commercialized deficits with some Mexico and Canada, and has utilized tariffs to unit the governments of the 2 countries to bash much to halt the travel of narcotics, particularly fentanyl, crossed their borders with the U.S. He has indicated that helium wants to “renegotiate” the USMCA, not conscionable reappraisal it.

On Friday, Sheinbaum besides indicated that Canadian concern successful Mexico would beryllium a taxable of treatment with Carney.

“There is besides a batch of concern from Canadian businesspeople successful Mexico. One lawsuit is mining, which has its peculiar features, and, arsenic we person ever said, has to comply with each biology regulations. But determination are different investments. There are investments, for example, successful earthy gas,” she said.

Sheinbaum besides said that determination are Canadian companies that are funny successful investing successful Mexico. She promoted concern opportunities successful Mexico to a radical of salient Canadian concern leaders during her sojourn to Canada successful June.

At the G7, Sheinbaum courts Canadian concern leaders

On Tuesday, Carney said that “Canada and Mexico person a beardown relationship, built connected much than 3 decades of escaped trade.”

“In the look of a shifting planetary landscape, we are focused connected elevating our partnerships successful trade, commerce, security, and energy. Together, we volition physique stronger proviso chains, make caller opportunities for workers, and present greater prosperity and certainty for some Canadians and Mexicans,” helium said.

The connection released by Carney’s bureau besides included a enactment of “quick facts” pertaining to the Canada-Mexico relationship. The PMO noted that:

• Canada and Mexico marked 80 years of diplomatic relations successful 2024.
• Canadian commercialized and concern with Mexico are steadily growing, with astir [CAD] $56 cardinal successful two-way merchandise commercialized past year.
• Canada and Mexico volition co-host the 2026 FIFA World Cup, alongside the United States, from June 11 to July 19, 2026.
• In 2024, Canada was Mexico’s fifth-largest merchandise trading partner, portion Mexico is presently Canada’s third-largest single-country merchandise trading partner.

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