(Mexico City) The President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador, said on Wednesday he was “open to dialogue” with Canadian companies who disagree with his policy, and in particular with his reform of the energy sector which claims to strengthen the share of the state in the production of electricity.
“We will always be open to dialogue,” assured Mr. Lopez Obrador before a bilateral meeting in Mexico City with the Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau.
The latter participated Tuesday in Mexico City in the 10e North American Leaders Summit with President Lopez Obrador and United States President Joe Biden. He hailed “a real deepening” in “economic” relations between the two countries.
“We are stronger and better when the three of us work together,” President Biden said during this meeting intended to “strengthen our economic and trade relations” according to his Mexican counterpart.
The three countries have avoided addressing in front of the press the angry subjects within the free trade treaty which has bound them since 1994.
Canada and the United States have been denouncing for several months the reform of the energy sector led by President Lopez Obrador, which claims to strengthen the state companies CFE (electricity) and Pemex (oil).
This reform threatens foreign investment, worry the United States and Canada.