Larry Rubin, president of the American Society of Mexico, assured that it would be an incorrect decision to exclude Mexico from the USMCA, as suggested by the leaders of Alberta and Ontario, because the commercial power of North America is lost.
“We believe it is the wrong direction, that was one of the discussions with the United States and Mexican ambassadors in Canada,” he stated.
Alberta and Ontario premiers don’t understand the benefit of trade relations for Canada, he said.
“We are approaching the Canadian Parliament to ensure that the great commercial benefits of the agreement between the three nations are understood,” he declared.
“Canada is facing a critical and complicated situation, in fact in recent days it has been reported that Minister Justin Trudeau will resign,” he added.
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“We brought the concern to you and to the Mexican public from the Canadian premiers who have publicly declared that they have a treaty between the United States and Canada, which we do not believe is the solution or is an appropriate step for Canada not to be part of the Free Trade Agreement. Commerce,” declared the businessman.
Three weeks ago, a group of businessmen spoke and established points of view with diplomats from Mexico and the United States about the review of the USMCA, he commented.
He expressed that the American Society Mexico has already begun to sit down with Canadians, Americans and Mexicans to align the interests of the private sector when the governments’ trade discussions begin.
He added that they have entered into dialogue with the United States Congress, which is mostly republican, to ensure the strengthening of the relationship and that the links that “have been sown and harvested for decades continue to exist.”
2025 will be a vital year to see the review and renegotiation process of the USMCA and the agenda to stop migration and trafficking of fentanyl, he recalled.
“American citizens see (the fight against fentanyl trafficking and migration) as a priority,” he noted.
The work of Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo’s government in the fight against drug trafficking and undocumented migration will bear many fruits for Mexico, he noted.
Migration must occur in an orderly and legal manner, something that the citizens of the United States demanded in the November presidential election, he specified.
He asserted that for the United States and Mexico a critical factor will be the relationship with China and the triangulations that companies from that country make through the Mexican market.
“This will be an important conversion factor, always keeping the focus on Donald Trump’s first two priorities: migration and the fight against fentanyl,” he said.
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