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He met President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) this Monday afternoon at the National Palace Members of Congress in the United States, Mostly Democrats, to address free trade issues, he wrote on his social networks.
“We met with Senator Maggie Hassan, Senator Tom Carper, and Congressmen Lou Correa, Dan Kildee, Don Baer, and Jerry Carle. We talked about free trade, immigration, and security. The relationship with the United States is respectful, cooperative, and in the interest of our people.”
at the end of the meeting, Senator Carper He commented to the media that the relationship between the two countries is always good but it could improve.
He was asked if an agreement had been reached, but he stressed that agreements do exist, one example being the Mexico-US-Canada Treaty (T-MEC), and the “key” is ensuring they are honored, something he believes both governments are doing.
“It was a very good meeting, and I thank Senator (Tom) Carper, who is a good friend, the right hand arm of President Biden, with Senator Maggie Hassan and other members of Congress who came, met well, and many different topics,” he added. Ken Salazar, US Ambassador to Mexico.
The meeting is taking place in the context of controversy over possible violations of the USMCA in the energy sector, as well as pressure from some Republican senators on the United States to seek arguments over banning the import of genetically modified corn.
The President announced in recent days that he will also hold a meeting with members of the US Congress to show them the solar park that will be installed in Puerto Penasco, Sonora.
Accompanying the President at the meeting were Adan Augusto López, Marcelo Ebrard, Raquel Buenrostro, Rosa Isela Rodríguez, Luis Crescencio Sandoval and Rafael Ojeda, Ministers of the Interior, Foreign Affairs, Economy, Security, National Defense and Navy, respectively.
