Recasts story, provides feedback from USTR chief, Canada commerce minister
MEXICO CITY/WASHINGTON, July 7 (Reuters) – Commerce ministers from the USA and Canada expressed concern about Mexico’s power insurance policies on Wednesday, as they met with their Mexican counterpart to mark the one-year anniversary of a regional commerce pact.
U.S. Commerce Consultant (USTR) Katherine Tai informed reporters throughout a joint information convention that the USA is following Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s method to the oil and energy sectors and appeared to recommend underlying variations.
“With respect to the power insurance policies that we see being mentioned and envisioned by the Lopez Obrador administration, we’re watching very carefully… we’re elevating our issues; we’re right here to interact,” stated Tai, with out citing particular points.
Her reply got here in response to a query in regards to the Mexican authorities’s choice late final week to decide on state-owned Pemex to run a significant shared oil discover as a substitute of a personal consortium led by U.S. oil firm Talos Vitality TALO.N, which made the invention in 2017.
Canadian Commerce Minister Mary Ng reiterated Canada’s “ongoing concern with the funding local weather in Mexico particularly in power and mining sectors,” but in addition welcomed the anticipated reopening of the San Rafael mine operated by Canadian miner America’s Gold and Silver Corp.
The mine in northern Mexico will reopen following an prolonged labor dispute.
Tai and Ng met in Mexico Metropolis with Mexican Financial system Minister Tatiana Clouthier on the one-year anniversary of the entry into power of the USA–Mexico–Canada Settlement.
In an announcement USTR stated Tai additionally held a gathering with Mexico’s Agriculture Minister Victor Villalobos, together with Clouthier, the place she emphasised the significance of Mexico instantly resuming authorization of biotech merchandise, like genetically modified grains.
The USTR chief additionally inquired about increasing entry for U.S. recent potatoes in Mexico and defending an endangered porpoise, unlawful fishing within the Gulf of Mexico and sea turtle bycatch.
(Anthony Esposito and Sharay Angulo in Mexico Metropolis; Andrea Shalal, Tim Ahmann and David Brunnstrom in Washington; and Steve Scherer in Ottawa; Modifying by Cynthia Osterman)
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