Sheinbaum will have a key visit in September: Canada's Prime Minister will come to Mexico.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to visit Mexico on September 18 as he seeks to boost trade and strengthen relations with the country amid punitive U.S. tariffs .

Carney is expected to meet with President Claudia Sheinbaum , and the two are likely to discuss strengthening supply chains and key infrastructure to boost bilateral trade , according to a source who asked not to be identified discussing private matters. The exact date of the meeting could change, but the current plan is for mid-September.

A press secretary for Carney declined to comment, while a spokesperson for Sheinbaum and Mexico's Foreign Ministry ( SRE ) did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Carney's proposals represent an attempt to resolve differences that emerged during the final months of the previous Canadian administration, when provincial leaders considered sidelining Mexico in trade talks with the United States, and Carney's predecessor refused to rule it out.

Earlier this month, Carney dispatched his top diplomat and finance secretary to the Mexican capital, where they met with Sheinbaum and her officials, as well as corporate executives. The countries agreed to develop a work plan covering resilient supply chains, port-to-port trade routes, artificial intelligence and the digital economy, and energy security, Foreign Secretary Anita Anand told reporters.

U.S. President Donald Trump raised tariffs on August 1 to 35 percent on Canadian products that don't comply with the continental trade agreement, in part because the country retaliated against his levies. Mexico, which hasn't responded, received a 90-day extension while negotiations continue.

The president's sectoral tariffs on steel, aluminum, automobiles, and copper have severely impacted key Canadian industries, even though the country's economy has remained generally resilient. Carney won election earlier this year on a promise to combat the trade war with the United States and diversify markets for Canadian products.

The northern country sent 76 percent of its exports to the United States last year. Mexico is its third-largest trading partner after China , and Canadian business groups have strongly advocated for increased trade with Mexico, noting that the two countries are connected by rail, seaports, and air, and are signatories to two free trade agreements .

But they will also have to act cautiously to avoid stoking tensions with the volatile U.S. president. The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement is scheduled for review next year, and America's neighbors should cooperate without Trump thinking they are colluding against him, argued Carlo Dade of the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy.

Carney and Sheinbaum met on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit in Alberta in June. Carney's visit to Mexico would be the first bilateral meeting—without a U.S. president present—since Justin Trudeau met with former President Enrique Peña Nieto in 2017.