Carney heads to Mexico with strategic partnership agreement on the cards
Global News
Carney's two-day visit to Mexico City is happening as Ottawa seeks more trade with Mexico in response to the United States' trade war.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to sign a strategic partnership agreement with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum during his visit to Mexico, which starts today.
The agreement will cover infrastructure, trade, health, agriculture, emergency preparedness and security, senior government officials say.
Carney’s two-day visit to Mexico City is happening as Ottawa seeks more trade with Mexico in response to the United States’ trade war, and as both countries brace for the renegotiation of the continental trade deal linking all three economies.
It follows an August trip to Mexico by Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand and Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne to discuss economic growth, security and trade. They were joined by a delegation of Canadian and Mexican business leaders.
Senior government officials say Carney and Sheinbaum will participate in a one-on-one meeting today, followed by a working lunch with Anand, Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Carney’s parliamentary secretary Rachel Bendayan.
That meeting will involve discussions on how Canada and Mexico can work together to combat drug and firearm trafficking, and other activities linked to organized crime.
Carney and Sheinbaum are also expected to discuss co-operation on security, with the aim of establishing regular communication and collaboration between the two countries.
Solange Márquez is an expert in diplomacy and global governance and a professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and the University of Toronto. She said both Mexico and Canada have been anxious to rebuild their relationships with the United States and have shown little recent interest in their bilateral relationship.
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