President Andrés Manuel López Obrador assured that “progress is being made” to resolve energy disputes in the T-MEC, a trade agreement that involves Mexico, United States and Canada.
“Yes, a lot of progress is being made, because integration never needs to be strengthened and progress is already being made,” he told a press conference from the National Palace.
This, at the request of businessmen from the three countries to unblock the economic disputes over automobiles and energy between Mexico and its American and Canadian trading partners.
In the trilateral letter, the Business Coordinating Council, the US Chamber of Commerce and the Business Council of Canada They argue that it is essential to ensure energy and food security in countries.
“To position North America as the most competitive and inclusive region in the world, and take advantage of the global situation,” the organizations shared important points.
Among these, they highlighted the full respect of the T-MEC, the guarantee of the rule of law, the strengthening of value chains and the support for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (Mipymes).
On another subject, López Obrador mentioned that he will raise the need for increase investment in countries from which illegal migration originatesduring the meeting he will have with his counterpart Joe Biden.
Likewise, it will expose the investments that Mexico has made in El Salvador and Honduras to discourage migration. He said opportunities must be guaranteed to workers from all countries in their places of origin.
In Mexico City, from today until January 11, the Summit of North American Leaders (CLAN) will be held, during which leaders will address the issue of competitiveness and the serious inflation problems they have been experiencing for more than a year.
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