Talks in Mexico coincide with renewed tensions over trade and the border after two years of uncertainty over Nafta
Questions remain over the future of trade in the region because the deal agreed to replace Nafta has yet to be ratified.Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Picture: REUTERS/EDGARD GARRIDO
They also give Mexico an opportunity to address investor concerns about how President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has run Latin America's No 2 economy since taking office in December. The leftist Lopez Obrador took power vowing to fight entrenched corruption, crime, inequality and poverty, scourges that cost Mexico billions of dollars every year.
US Democratic politicians say Mexico must approve a new labour law to strengthen its trade unions before they approve the USMCA, and Kalach said the implications of that legislation now in the Mexican Congress would be addressed. Cutting through the noise surrounding the issue of immigration, Mexico wants to ensure that the message goes out that both countries' private sectors keep working"hand in hand", said a Mexican official, who asked not to be named.
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