New step to replace USMCA with bilateral agreements

It still has life, says the official speech.

And yes, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, dubbed the USMCA by Donald Trump in 2018, will remain in effect until next year.

But aside from these government versions, the three countries are taking parallel steps toward bilateral agreements.

Nation-to-nation relations, replacing or complementing the results of renegotiations—note: not revisions—of the trilateral treaty in force for more than three decades.

This has been particularly understood by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney , who is seeking special ties under the auspices of Claudia Sheinbaum 's administration to circumvent Donald Trump 's high tariffs, which are nothing like those imposed on Mexico.

Next September, we will see more results from this bilateral dialogue promoted by ambassadors Carlos Joaquín and Cameron MacKay .

Yesterday, there was a further step in that direction with the visit of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Anita Anand , and Finance, Francois-Philippe Champagne .

After their meeting, the Mexican president emphasized on social media: "We are strengthening the relationship between our countries."

TO EVADE TRUMP

The course of the talks has new approaches.

Now it's time to reach a global agreement on migration, security, and, of course, trade to save a trade volume exceeding $50 billion and growing.

The Claudia Sheinbaum-Mark Carney agreement is comparable to the one sought under the Donald Trump administration and much broader than that contemplated in the USMCA.

In this way, the two weakest nations in the North American market, Mexico and Canada, will no longer depend—or will depend less—on the impositions of the United States in the search for a new international order.

For now, as the Mexican president emphasized yesterday, a document on security matters is practically ready for signature, and progress is being made on other issues of common interest.

A MINOR PRIZE

1.- From the offer to the appointment, the illusion falls.

On November 5, when Minister Alberto Pérez Dayán voted in favor of the regime's judicial reform, the opposition bloc in the Supreme Court was broken.

From then on, the prize was expected.

He then became excited about the embassy in Spain, where Sinaloa native Quirino Ordaz remains despite many rumors about his imminent departure.

At the same time, Sonoran Claudia Pavlovich had expressed her desire to leave the consulate in Barcelona, and this prompted adjustments.

Pérez Dayán ends his mission as minister this month, but is heading to Barcelona, while his predecessor is promoted to ambassador to Panama.

Fruit of a relationship when the then governor of Sonora visited the head of government of Mexico City and as friends they lived with the Secretary of the Interior, Olga Sánchez Cordero .

And 2.- To the crisis arising from insecurity and the invasion of sargassum, the municipality of Solidaridad adds another threat.

The Playa del Carmen City Council wants to increase property tax collection and is promoting a review of the property tax tables.

Faced with this risk, the Mexican Caribbean Hotel Council, chaired by David Ortiz Mena , is calling for dialogue between authorities, citizens, and the business community.

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