US EditionCanada’s Carney Heads to Mexico to Discuss Trade Before a Review of Their US Trade Deal
Mark Carney aims to diversify trade and improve Mexico relations amid USMCA tensions; Canadian firms hold nearly 70% of foreign investment in Mexico's mining sector, officials said.
- On Thursday, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will travel to Mexico to engage in discussions on trade as the review of the USMCA agreement approaches.
- This visit follows background tensions including Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminum, and the scheduled 2026 formal review of the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement.
- Carney will hold a one-on-one meeting with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, with both leaders expressing interest in strengthening bilateral trade and encouraging Canadian investment in Mexico.
- On Wednesday, Sheinbaum expressed a clear intention to preserve the USMCA agreement and highlighted that mining firms must comply with Mexican regulations, noting that Canadian companies represent the biggest foreign contributors to Mexico's mining industry.
- The talks aim to diversify trade relations amid shared concern about U.S. trade policies and underscore the importance of maintaining the free trade pact ahead of early 2026’s formal treaty review.
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Mexico and Canada will measure Thursday the strength of their trade and political relations to confront the United States in the negotiation of the free trade agreement (FTA), scheduled for July 2026. Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to Mexico will be the starting point for two of the partners — who are inclined because the modifications to the agreement strengthen North America as a trade bloc — to devise strategies to confront Donal…
Mark Carney will fly to Mexico this Thursday for a short 24 hour stay. This is the first bilateral visit made by a Canadian Prime Minister since Justin Trudeau's in 2017. But the context is not very different. As at the time, the future of the free trade agreement between Canada, the United States and Mexico is at stake.
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The opening of politicians like Justin Trudeau and Doug Ford to sign an agreement only with the United States shocked the Mexicans last year.
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Canada's Carney heads to Mexico to discuss trade before a review of their US trade deal
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney heads to Mexico on Thursday in an effort to diversify trade and as America’s neighbors prepare for a review of the free trade deal with United States.
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