Mexico and Canada pledged to deepen ties and work to strengthen the free trade pact they share with the United States, during Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to Mexico City on Thursday.
The two leaders announced an agreement on a new comprehensive partnership and a security dialogue focused on issues such as transnational crime and drug-smuggling.
Bienvenida oficial al primer ministro de Canadá, Mark Carney. Palacio Nacional https://t.co/vO7uyScnWZ
— Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo (@Claudiashein) September 18, 2025
“Today, we’re beginning a new era of elevated cooperation,” Carney said during a news conference with President Claudia Sheinbaum.
Sheinbaum said the partnership would “bring a new era of further strengthening economic ties” between the two nations, and expressed confidence the agreements would bear fruit in the near term.
“Mexico and Canada will continue walking together, with mutual respect and with a certainty that cooperation is the path to overcome any challenge,” she said.
Carney concurred, adding that “our efforts will be strengthened by working together.”
New rounds of bilateral meetings are set for the coming months, as well as greater collaboration on security issues, agriculture, energy, finance, health and the environment.
“At this hinge moment, Canada is deepening our relationships with our long-standing partners,” Carney said. “Mexico is central to those missions.”
According to the CBC, Carney’s stated goal was to find ways to work with Mexico to preserve free trade in North America, “or at least as much of it as can be saved from the most protectionist U.S. administration in a century.”
Carney also focused on developing a bilateral trade relationship “that operates independently of the whims of the White House, and can survive whatever fate lies in store” for the renegotiated USMCA, the CBC reported.
“Together, we will build stronger supply chains, create new opportunities for workers and deliver greater prosperity and certainty for both Canadians and Mexicans,” Carney said.
Sheinbaum has said Mexico wants to increase bilateral trade via maritime routes to avoid shipping through the U.S.
Action on such a trade corridor is lacking. Mexico has multiple ports on each coast whereas Canada’s two primary ports — Montreal and Vancouver — lack the infrastructure to handle an increase in maritime trade.
Another suggestion is for Mexico and Canada to jointly produce goods for growing Asian and South American markets through the Trans-Pacific Partnership, of which the U.S. is not a member.
Trump and the USMCA review
With widening economic uncertainty due to protectionist tariff policies, U.S. President Donald Trump cast a long shadow at the bilateral talks.
A fundamental reason for Carney’s visit was the United States-Mexico-Canada trade pact (USMCA), but Trump’s trade threats have made political and business leaders nervous.
“Trump looms over this visit,” Nelson Wiseman, professor emeritus at the University of Toronto, told The Associated Press. “Mexico and Canada now share a common threat from the U.S.”
The three North American nations simultaneously commenced public consultations earlier this week, ahead of a mandatory review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement (USMCA) set for next year.
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Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard said an evaluation of the USMCA — via public comment — will take place through the end of the year to prepare for negotiations over a possible extension of the agreement.
Carney said on Thursday that the individual reviews ahead of next year’s collective discussions will strengthen each country’s economy.
Mending fences
This week’s visit continues Canada’s efforts to repair bilateral relations after Mexico was understandably offended shortly after Trump’s election, when Canadian officials hinted that Canada “would be better off without Mexico.”
The fence-mending began in earnest in June when Carney met with Sheinbaum at the G-7 summit in Kananaskis, Alberta. In a social media post at the time, Carney spoke of strengthening Canada’s partnership with Mexico on trade, energy, and agriculture.
Last month, Sheinbaum hosted Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand and Finance and Revenue Minister François-Philippe Champagne to build on the bilateral talks. A week later, Danielle Smith, premier of the province of Alberta, was in Mexico City to meet “key partners in energy, financial services and manufacturing.”
With reports from CBC, Reuters, El País and The Associated Press
That’s to be expected with what he’s doing here. Now, “the hell with the First Amendment.”
And he got both the Popular and Electoral College votes for his second term in office — and he wants revenge with a vengeance. He is the actual people’s choice.
Sick Americans who voted for Trump. Unfortunately America is not a parliamentary system, because Trump could neither get the electoral collage today or the popular vote. His damage to America is substantial. There will be a price to pay for MAGA.
Don’t be so sure that HE is still the people’s choice . Many former supporters are disappointed in the
performance in many areas,,,,
They can talk all they want wasting tax payers dollars into Trump walks into the room and tells them hire it’s gonna be. Both are simply weak tails of the big dog!
Canada is crying out for better agricultural produce such as avacados, tomatoes, bananas, lettuce, strawberries and such. Refrigerated trucks across the USA from Mexico if allowed. A huge market here.
…refrigerated (and other) trucks to Alaska across Canada from the USA or Mexico “if allowed”….
…did ya noice Carney and Sheinbalm in animated conversation in the pic? … being a physics PHD grad from Berkeley….she speaks perfect English… Maybe Carney could or should learn a little Latin American Espanol?
She would serve herself and Mexico well to stay clear of Carney and honor the USMCA. She can only damage the relationships she has cultivated. The guy’s a joke and most Canadians hate his guts. His liberal globalist policies are crushing Canada and its citizens. I don’t even believe he was legitimately elected. He got his ass spanked going up against Trump knowing nothing of economics and he’s trying to suck up to Mexico after his past disrespecting Mexico. Carney is a loser. I believe he’s scared out of his mind because the alternative is doing business with true communist and Marxist from China and Russia.
nut job alert
Viva Mexico!
Oh, I see you’re an expert summarizer now!
Let’s focus on having an informed discussion about the issues at hand, rather than relying on conspiracy theories or stereotypes and name calling!
You say Carney is a joke:
Carney has a PhD in economics. He studied at Harvard and Oxford. He was formerly the head of the Bank of Canada and head of the Bank of England.
You say Canadians hate Carney:
Polling in July shows Prime Minister Carney enjoys a healthy approval rating of 61 per cent among Canadians. His nearest rival, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has dropped to 44 per cent.
In other words he is a highly qualified and, at this point in history, much liked.
Nice try.
If Carney resists Trump, he is an honorable person.