The two years of validity of the treaty between Mexico, the United States and Canada (T-MEC) leave an “extremely positive” balance sheet, although there is a temptation to politicize the agreement, assured the secretary to Economy, Tatiana Clouthier.

After learning of the deaths of migrants in a trailer transiting through Texas, state Governor Gregg Abbott announced measures to restrict the trade, such as larger checkpoints and checks on trucks freight.

Referring to challenges and opportunities, Clouthier said, “The implementation of the USMCA is progressing well, however, not only with this very large border and the huge amount of trade, there are still significant challenges.”

“Today we have just experienced their ordeal, the temptation to apply trade restrictive measures to protect the agricultural sector, in particular because of the decision of the governor of Texas, the decision to politicize trade, when trade does not ‘has nothing to do with politics,” he said at the event The Future of T-MEC: Achievements, Challenges and Prospects two years after its inception.

He added that “actions that seek to restrict this trade” are presented, as observed in various countries under the pretext of pandemic or war.

He explained that regarding controversies over energy issues, there is “very good news” that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador will give.

He said the judgment should be favorable to Mexico and Canada, because “we are talking about three partners and when two have a clear vision of what the deal is, it is easier for one to be mistaken by compared to the three”.

The event was attended by Luisa María Alcalde, Labor Secretary, who said that despite speculation that Mexico was going to receive an avalanche of cases of denial of labor rights and that the T-MEC was going to be misused Consciously, no sanctions have been imposed on the companies and no special arbitration panel has been opened.

He explained that the dependencies are closing ranks to “give the highest priority to fulfilling T-MEC’s ​​social commitments.”

The Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development, Víctor Villalobos, attended the event and highlighted that in two years of T-MEC, Mexican exporters have consolidated themselves as the leading supplier of food products to the United States. States and the second in Canada.

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