President Claudia Sheinbaum expressed that she hopes for a dialogue and to maintain the trilateral Treaty between Mexico, the United States, and Canada (T-MEC) with the new Canadian Prime Minister, Mark Carney, who on Friday replaces Justin Trudeau. "There will be an opportunity to talk, and we hope, as we have always said, that the trade agreement we have with Canada, the United States, and Mexico remains for the benefit of the three countries," stated the president in her morning conference.
Following Trudeau's resignation and the internal election of the Canadian Liberal Party, Carney will assume office on Friday in a public ceremony in Ottawa before the country's Governor General, Mary Simon, who acts as head of state on behalf of the British monarch. Carney comes to the position after tensions between Trudeau's government and Sheinbaum's over trade tensions in North America that were triggered by the election and inauguration of United States President Donald Trump.
Trudeau and other Canadian politicians suggested removing Mexico from the T-MEC and negotiating a bilateral agreement with the United States in response to Trump's criticisms, as well as expressing grievance over the comparisons made by the U.S. president between the Canadian and Mexican borders. However, the President of Mexico has insisted on maintaining the T-MEC trilateral while also defending Canada after Trump suggested annexing it as the 51st state and calling Trudeau "governor."
The president has now promised to have a relationship with Canada "as with any country and, particularly," due to being "trade partners."
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"There will be an opportunity to talk, and we hope, as we have always said, that the trade agreement we have with Canada, the United States, and Mexico remains for the benefit of the three countries," stated the president in her morning conference.
EFE
