12/07/2024

Mexico Doing All It Can to Protect Trade Agreement with U.S., Canada, Official Says

The three trade partners tussle after Trump's tariff threats

Mexico is doing everything it can to protect a regional trade agreement with the U.S. and Canada, the Latin American nation's deputy economy minister said in an interview published on Friday.

The three neighboring nations, and major partners in commerce, have entered a trade tussle after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to slap tariffs on the countries to the north and the south if they did not clamp down on drugs and migrants coming into the U.S.

Mexico is working on both issues in order to "come to the table" to negotiate without obstacles, Luis Rosendo Gutierrez told outlet Inside U.S. Trade.

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