A consultation with leaders of key industries in Mexico found that the business community there would prefer to avoid a major overhaul of the treaty that governs trade between their country and the United States.
Mexican business leaders across sectors like agriculture, construction and tourism told their government that the USMCA trade deal between the United States, Mexico and Canada benefits them.
This comes ahead of an upcoming review of that treaty, which President Donald Trump has publicly considered terminating. His first administration negotiated the pact to replace NAFTA.
In Mexico, more than 80% of the business leaders surveyed had a favorable view of the treaty. The agreement keeps most of the goods that flow between the U.S., Mexico and Canada tariff free.
Mexico and the United States are set to begin formal trade talks about the future of the treaty next week.
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Andrés Manuel López Beltrán says the revocation of his U.S. visa was politically motivated. -
The project to clean up sediment and soil in the Rio Sonora comes more than a decade after what Mexico considers the worst environmental mining disaster in its history. Some say the government and Grupo México could have done more and demand transparency. -
Leadership clarified that non-members — including employees or residents, guests of tribal members, travelers on public roadways and vendors tied to the Tohono O’odham Gaming Enterprise — may still travel freely “without any restrictions.” -
As officials turn to native trees to deal with urban heat, Sonora is hoping to create a "green lung" in the state capital. -
The U.S. Agriculture Department plans to reopen part of the U.S.-Mexico border to cattle later this month. On Aug. 24, the Douglas, Arizona, port will become the first to allow cattle from Mexico to travel into the United States.
