{"id":18099,"date":"2024-11-21T07:46:41","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T07:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18099"},"modified":"2024-11-21T07:46:41","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T07:46:41","slug":"president-sheinbaum-prime-minister-trudeau-supports-keeping-usmca-intact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18099","title":{"rendered":"President Sheinbaum: Prime Minister Trudeau supports keeping USMCA intact"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>President Claudia Sheinbaum <a href=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/news\/sheinbaum-flew-commercial-g20\/\">returned to Mexico City from S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil, on a commercial flight<\/a> on Tuesday after <a href=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/news\/sheinbaum-mexico-international-g20-summit-rio-brazil\/\">attending the G20 Leaders\u2019 Summit in Rio de Janeiro<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>At the top of her morning press conference on Wednesday \u2013 her first since <a href=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/politics\/sheinbaum-mexico-2025-budget-thursday-mananera-recapped\/\">last Friday<\/a> \u2013 Sheinbaum noted that her <em>ma\u00f1anera<\/em> would be brief as Wednesday is <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Revolution_Day_(Mexico)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mexican Revolution Day<\/a> and she needed to head out to participate in a military ceremony and parade.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_411767\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-411767\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-411767 size-full\" alt=\"Claudia Sheinbaum and Justin Trudeau smiling and talking as they sit in white upholstered chairs side by side. facing opposite each other. They have a small wooden table between them with a tiny Mexican flag and Canadian flag. Each leader has the other leader's flag on their side. Behind them is a wall with the logo for the 2024 G20 Leaders' Summit\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sheinbaum-and-Trudeau-meeting-individually-at-G20-Presidencia-Cuartoscuro.jpg 850w, https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sheinbaum-and-Trudeau-meeting-individually-at-G20-Presidencia-Cuartoscuro-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sheinbaum-and-Trudeau-meeting-individually-at-G20-Presidencia-Cuartoscuro-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sheinbaum-and-Trudeau-meeting-individually-at-G20-Presidencia-Cuartoscuro-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sheinbaum-and-Trudeau-meeting-individually-at-G20-Presidencia-Cuartoscuro-696x464.jpg 696w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" src=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sheinbaum-and-Trudeau-meeting-individually-at-G20-Presidencia-Cuartoscuro.jpg\"\/><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-411767 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sheinbaum-and-Trudeau-meeting-individually-at-G20-Presidencia-Cuartoscuro.jpg\" alt=\"Claudia Sheinbaum and Justin Trudeau smiling and talking as they sit in white upholstered chairs side by side. facing opposite each other. They have a small wooden table between them with a tiny Mexican flag and Canadian flag. Each leader has the other leader's flag on their side. Behind them is a wall with the logo for the 2024 G20 Leaders' Summit\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sheinbaum-and-Trudeau-meeting-individually-at-G20-Presidencia-Cuartoscuro.jpg 850w, https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sheinbaum-and-Trudeau-meeting-individually-at-G20-Presidencia-Cuartoscuro-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sheinbaum-and-Trudeau-meeting-individually-at-G20-Presidencia-Cuartoscuro-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sheinbaum-and-Trudeau-meeting-individually-at-G20-Presidencia-Cuartoscuro-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sheinbaum-and-Trudeau-meeting-individually-at-G20-Presidencia-Cuartoscuro-696x464.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-411767\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Claudia Sheinbaum met individually with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau while attending the G20 Leaders\u2019 Summit in Rio. Both spoke positively afterward of the meeting. (Cuartoscuro)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During her engagement with reporters, she fielded questions on her attendance at the G20 summit, where she also held individual meetings with the leaders of various countries including <a href=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/news\/zambada-u-s-arrest\/\">the United States<\/a>, Canada and China.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Sheinbaum: Trudeau wants USMCA to continue<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Sheinbaum told reporters that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau \u201cdoesn\u2019t agree\u201d with calls from the premiers of the provinces of Ontario and Alberta for Canada to consider making a bilateral free trade agreement with the United States rather than seeking an extension of the existing USMCA free trade treaty, which includes Mexico.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/news\/canada-mexico-usmca\/\">Doug Ford of Ontario<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/politics\/canadian-politician-alberta-premier-mexico-usmca-free-trade\/\">Danielle Smith of Alberta<\/a> are concerned about Mexico\u2019s trade and investment relationship with China and its alleged transshipment of Chinese goods to other parts of North America.<\/p>\n<p>Sheinbaum said that Trudeau \u201cagrees with maintaining the [free trade] agreement between the three countries and strengthening relations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sitting alongside Sheinbaum in Rio, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dotVp9UUOjE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trudeau told reporters<\/a> that there are \u201ca lot of opportunities\u201d for Canada and Mexico \u201cto continue to work together very closely.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_411773\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-411773\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-411773 size-full\" alt=\"Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum shaking hands at the 2024 G20 Leaders' Summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping.\" width=\"850\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1006361_Sheinbaum-Lideres-G20-5_web-Presidencia-Cuartoscuro.jpg 850w, https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1006361_Sheinbaum-Lideres-G20-5_web-Presidencia-Cuartoscuro-283x300.jpg 283w, https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1006361_Sheinbaum-Lideres-G20-5_web-Presidencia-Cuartoscuro-768x813.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1006361_Sheinbaum-Lideres-G20-5_web-Presidencia-Cuartoscuro-150x159.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1006361_Sheinbaum-Lideres-G20-5_web-Presidencia-Cuartoscuro-300x318.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1006361_Sheinbaum-Lideres-G20-5_web-Presidencia-Cuartoscuro-696x737.jpg 696w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" src=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1006361_Sheinbaum-Lideres-G20-5_web-Presidencia-Cuartoscuro.jpg\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-411773 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1006361_Sheinbaum-Lideres-G20-5_web-Presidencia-Cuartoscuro.jpg\" alt=\"Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum shaking hands at the 2024 G20 Leaders' Summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping.\" width=\"850\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1006361_Sheinbaum-Lideres-G20-5_web-Presidencia-Cuartoscuro.jpg 850w, https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1006361_Sheinbaum-Lideres-G20-5_web-Presidencia-Cuartoscuro-283x300.jpg 283w, https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1006361_Sheinbaum-Lideres-G20-5_web-Presidencia-Cuartoscuro-768x813.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1006361_Sheinbaum-Lideres-G20-5_web-Presidencia-Cuartoscuro-150x159.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1006361_Sheinbaum-Lideres-G20-5_web-Presidencia-Cuartoscuro-300x318.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1006361_Sheinbaum-Lideres-G20-5_web-Presidencia-Cuartoscuro-696x737.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-411773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Besides meeting with Trudeau and other world leaders, Sheinbaum also met individually with China\u2019s President Xi Jinping at the G20 Leaders\u2019 Summit and discussed Mexico\u2019s and China\u2019s trade relationship. (Cuartoscuro)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During a press conference on Tuesday, the prime minister said that he had \u201ca good and frank conversation with the president of Mexico,\u201d during which he \u201chighlighted some of the concerns that have been expressed publicly by a number of people around some of the investments in Mexico.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I also know that Mexico is dedicated to continuing in this extraordinarily successful trade deal, and I think the Mexican administration is <a href=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/business\/mexico-wants-us-companies-help-reduce-imports-from-china\/\">looking at ways of either adjusting<\/a> or sharing why people shouldn\u2019t be worried about these investments,\u201d Trudeau said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026 I shared as a partner and friend that there are concerns, but I look forward to lots of discussions over the coming year before we approach the [USMCA] review in 2026,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>United States President-elect Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/politics\/trump-renegotiate-usmca-treaty-if-elected\/\">said last month<\/a> that he wants to renegotiate the USMCA, which superseded NAFTA in 2020.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Despite USMCA, \u2018room\u2019 for a relationship with China\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>About her meeting with Xi Jinping, Sheinbaum said that she spoke to the Chinese president about Mexico\u2019s relationship with China.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told him directly that we have a trade agreement with North America, but that there was room for a relationship with China, which was very important,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese imports to and investment in Mexico have <a href=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/business\/chinese-investment-in-mexico-has-risen-fast-but-still-lags-behind-other-fdi\/\">increased in recent years<\/a>, raising concerns among some U.S. and Canadian officials, as well as President-elect Trump.<\/p>\n<p>* <em><a href=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/business\/chinese-investment-in-mexico\/\">Click here<\/a> to read Mexico News Daily\u2019s latest story on Chinese investment in Mexico<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Welfare programs a priority in the 2025 budget\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThe objective of <a href=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/news\/winners-and-losers-mexico-2025-federal-budget\/\">the [2025] budget<\/a> \u2026 is to continue investing, guaranteeing all the welfare programs,\u201d Sheinbaum said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026 The Welfare Ministry has a budget of about 550 billion pesos, but in reality, all the welfare programs together have a budget of more than 700 billion pesos,\u201d the president said, noting that funds have been allocated for three new programs, including one that provides financial support to women aged 60-64 and an <a href=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/news\/sheinbaum-scholarship-program-public-school-students\/\">educational scholarship scheme<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>By Mexico News Daily chief staff writer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/author\/pdavies\/\">Peter Davies<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection\" class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"4535203120376b2124332c20360528203d2c262a2b20323621242c293c6b262a28\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 20px;\">\n<p><em>Source: <\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/politics.einnews.com\/article\/762438505\/jvG3osqKYtEw5R6T?ref=rss&amp;ecode=kmfm9fDbRbj4OPCJ\">politics.einnews.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Claudia Sheinbaum returned to Mexico City from S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil, on a commercial flight on Tuesday after attending the G20 Leaders\u2019 Summit in Rio de Janeiro on Monday. At the top of her morning press conference on Wednesday \u2013 her first since last Friday \u2013 Sheinbaum noted that her ma\u00f1anera would be brief as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18099\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}