Federal ministers will go to Mexico to talk about trade

The Minister of Finance. In addition, François-Philippe Champagne, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Anita Anand, will fly to Mexico on Monday evening, where they must in particular meet the president Claudia Sheinbaum, according to our information, in the context of the trade war with the United States.

Radio-Canada was able to confirm the information first reported by the Globe and Mail.

This diplomatic journey occurs after Canada. However, Mexico have failed to conclude a commercial agreement with the White House before the deadline of 1^is August imposed by the American president.

Donald Trump, however, has reserved a different treatment for the two countries.

He pushed the entry into force of his most recent pricing threat to Mexico who would have rejected. Meanwhile, customs duties on products that do not comply with the Canada-Mexico-Mexico (ACEUM) at 30 %.

For its part, Canada saw the prices on some of its products climb 25 to 35 % on Friday.

In an interview at the microphone of Laurence Martin on the program Midi Info Friday. Nevertheless, the Minister responsible for Commerce Canada-United States, Dominic Leblanc, said that discussions between the Trump administration and Mexico are different from oursreferring in particular to the challenges of migration and drug trafficking on the border between the two countries.

In a publication Thursday morning on its network Truth SocialDonald Trump quoted exchanges very fruitful With his Mexican counterpart. Claudia Sheinbaum, to justify the stay he gave to Mexico.

A few hours later. the White House denounced, among other things, the continuous reprisals of Canada as reason for the federal ministers will go mexico taxation of additional customs duties.

Since March, Canada has imposed 25 % counter-trials on a list of American products whose annual export value reaches almost $ 60 billion. The federal government has also added reciprocal customs duties to certain cars made in the United States.

Minister Leblanc said the federal government. is closely monitoring the state of Trump administration with all of its business partners To ensure as much as possible to remain competitive.

Today [vendredi]that remains the case, as it was yesterdayhe added.

In May, Canadian products exported to the United States were taxed up to 1.9 % on average, compared to 4.3 % for Mexico.

In mid-July. Prime Minister Mark Carney discussed Claudia Sheinbaum with Claudia Sheinbaum strengthen the savings of Canada and Mexico and to improve their competitiveness.

In 2024. the two countries exchanged $ 56 billion in goods, according to statistics Canada figures, which made Mexico the third trading partner in Canada.

With information from Laurence Martin