Overview
- Mexican and Canadian officials agreed to coordinate with businesses to expand Mexico’s fruit and vegetable sales to Canada, set sanitary protocols for new Canadian products, and roll out digital tools to ease agri‑food trade.
- Canada’s Dominic LeBlanc said Mexico supports a renewed trilateral agreement and noted 15 commercial collaboration deals were signed during a six‑day mission of roughly 370–400 Canadian delegates.
- LeBlanc plans upcoming talks with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer as the mandatory July 2026 review approaches and Ottawa pushes to keep the pact three‑way.
- Reporting by The New York Times says U.S. officials are considering structural changes that could exclude Canada or reframe the deal into bilateral accords, adding uncertainty to the negotiations.
- Canadian business groups flagged friction points with Mexico on energy policy favoring Pemex, state control over lithium and other critical minerals, and a ban on genetically modified canola, even as new data show Mexico became the top market for U.S. exports in 2025.