At the G7, Sheinbaum courts Canadian business leaders

President Claudia Sheinbaum met with salient Canadian concern leaders astatine the Group of 7 acme connected Monday, wherever she promoted Mexico’s concern opportunities to an appreciative audience.

Mexico is not a subordinate of the G7, but Sheinbaum had accepted an invitation to be the gathering successful the Canadian municipality of Kananaskis, immoderate 90 miles extracurricular of Calgary, Alberta. The invitation had been extended by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney astatine the urging of the Business Council of Canada (BCC). 

The president presented the Canadian concern leaders with an mentation of Plan México, her administration’s signature task with the purpose of getting Mexico to articulation Canada and the United States arsenic 1 of the world’s apical 10 economies. (Claudia Sheinbaum/X)

Accompanying the president at her quality with the BCC were Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard, Finance Minister Edgar Amador Zamora and Foreign Affairs Minister Juan Ramón de la Fuente.

The BCC, which brings unneurotic 170 concern leaders whose companies employment 2.1 cardinal radical successful Canada, has expressed involvement successful expanding its beingness successful Mexico. Meeting attendees included elder executives from companies specified arsenic TC Energy, WestJet Airlines, Palliser Furniture, ATCO, BRP and Element Fleet Management, each with established operations successful Mexico.

According to Sheinbaum, the gathering focused connected showcasing Plan México, the government’s blueprint to crook Mexico into 1 of the 10 largest planetary economies. 

“We met with members of the Canadian Business Council funny successful investing successful our state [to talk] astir the benefits and opportunities of Plan México,” Sheinbaum said connected her authoritative X account, wherever she shared images of the meeting.

The BCC had issued a statement earlier the gathering with the Mexican president, saying they were “pleased to learn” that Sheinbaum had accepted Prime Minister Carney’s invitation. According to the BCC, this was an invitation they had “strongly urged” the authorities to extend.

“In summation to strengthening bilateral ties betwixt Mexico and Canada, we promote the 2 leaders, unneurotic with President Donald Trump, to perpetrate our 3 countries to the expedited reappraisal and hold of our trilateral commercialized agreement,” the connection concluded. 

According to De la Fuente, Sheinbaum volition clasp bilateral talks with Carney, arsenic good arsenic meetings with leaders from Germany, India and the European Union.

With reports from López Dóriga