Biden, Trudeau to discuss free trade agreement in Mexico visit -Mexico president

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will focus on phrases of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) settlement, which was ratified in 2018, throughout a go to to Mexico, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador stated Monday.

“We’ll have a summit to debate phrases of the commerce settlement treaty… in Mexico,” Lopez Obrador stated in a daily information convention.

Mexican Financial system Minister Tatiana Clouthier stated in an interview revealed Monday in nationwide newspaper El Common that america is “distorting” the USMCA by submitting labor complaints towards Mexico, which is within the means of updating its labor legal guidelines.

Lopez Obrador stated “there is no downside” with america when requested concerning the financial system minister’s phrases Monday.

The three nations’ international ministries in June introduced a trilateral summit between the leaders in Mexico, scheduled for December.

Lopez Obrador stated Monday the assembly was scheduled for November, however a spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Mexico informed Reuters the president was probably referring to the December summit and that it had “nothing… on the radar” for November.

(Reporting by Raul Cortes and Kylie Madry; Modifying by Chizu Nomiyama)