The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, reported this Thursday that she held a meeting at the National Palace with the United States trade representative, Jamieson Greer, in which both recorded progress in the review of the Treaty between Mexico, the United States and Canada (T-MEC) and other bilateral agreements.

"At the National Palace we met with the United States trade representative, Jamieson Greer; we made progress in the review of the T-MEC and bilateral agreements for the benefit of both peoples," Sheinbaum wrote in a brief publication on social networks.

The text was accompanied by several images in which both leaders can be seen talking while walking through the National Palace, in a meeting in which other officials from both countries were present.

The meeting was part of Greer's visit to Mexico, where he participated in the negotiations led by the Secretary of Economy, Marcelo Ebrard, and officials from the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), who since Tuesday held technical meetings with Mexican authorities.

Hours before the meeting, the president had explained that the meeting would not be an isolated event, but rather part of a process of permanent dialogue between both Governments to prepare the review of the trade agreement.

"There has been a lot of work, that is, it is not an isolated meeting. It is part of a series of meetings that the Ministry of Economy and the team that we also appointed to support the Ministry of Economy have had," he declared.

Likewise, he pointed out that the conversation with Greer would allow the state of the negotiations to be evaluated and to know directly the US position.

"It's like an evaluation of how far we're going, what they propose, even the timelines. So, being able to have a little more information directly about how this review we're doing is being planned," he explained.

This week's meetings addressed issues such as steel and aluminum tariffs, the auto industry, economic security, labor issues, agriculture and electronic payment services.

Sheinbaum also announced that during the meeting he would explain the Mexican Government's position regarding compliance with the 1944 Water Treaty, after US legislators questioned that Mexico has not delivered the committed volumes of water.

Regarding the possibility of new US tariffs under Section 301 of the trade legislation, the president reiterated that Mexico has presented its arguments to avoid new measures and that it awaits Washington's decision.

The third round of talks is the first since the United States decided not to automatically extend the USMCA for another 16 years and opted for a scheme of annual reviews until 2036.

The Mexican Government seeks that these evaluations are limited to verifying compliance with the agreement and do not become periodic renegotiations, in addition to preserving the preferential access that allows close to 85% of Mexican exports to enter the US market without tariffs. EFE

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