President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador He acknowledged that some companies of Canadian origin are unhappy with his government, for which he promised to receive them and start a dialogue.

“I made a commitment to Prime Minister Trudeau to receive companies that may have outstanding issues, some disagreement with the attitude of our government. We are always open to dialogue,” he said during the bilateral meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

López Obrador assured that in the private meeting they held they discussed the problems and differences that exist with Canada’s private initiative in the field of energy and electricity, but that they seek to resolve them.

“We are also looking to resolve the problems, the differences, that logically arise in these economic and commercial relations, and also in times of boom, because Canadian investments in Mexico increase a lot, like never before.

Finally, the Mexican President announced that the economic issues related to investments by Canadian companies in Mexico were discussed and announced the creation of a pipeline with investment from TransCanada.

“It’s a big investment, and it’s very important because it’s going to be supplying gas to southeastern Mexico.”

In response, Trudeau thanked the president for his openness to discussing the issues facing North America.

“It was a great pleasure to be able to talk about all these problems with you and to be able to work hand in hand on economic, environmental, international, democratic, women’s, indigenous peoples’ issues,” the Prime Minister said.

Trudeau reiterated his commitment to continue to work together and to increase economic alliances.

Differences between Mexico and Canada

The Prime Minister of Canada has expressed concern about Mexico’s energy policy because it does not respect the agreements of the USMCAsince it benefits more public enterprises.

Therefore, it has been announced that, like the United States, they will submit complaints and seek consultations.

“We agree with the United States that these policies are inconsistent with Mexico’s obligations under the USMCA,” Alice Hansen, spokeswoman for International Trade Minister Mary Ng, told Reuters. .

“We join the United States in taking action by launching our own USMCA consultations to address these concerns, while supporting the United States in its challenge,” he added.

The disagreements of the two countries were expressed in July 2022, and at the time López Obrador took them as a political matter and there would be a defense by Mexico.

“We have many elements to respond to and if it is a political sanction, we will defend ourselves…I have indications that it has to do with vested interests, who feel affected because they were engaged in the looting of Mexico and how they were put on hold, they started working in the United States and they succeed.