The president has indicated that her government's objective is to further reduce imports from China, for which they have an investment plan in infrastructure, among others, underway.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has denied that it is correct for Chinese products to be entering the North American market through her country, in response to the doubts of some politicians in the United States and Canada, who have made this claim in recent days.
Specifically, the president referred in her morning press conference on Friday to the debate that has arisen around the possibility of Canada and the United States negotiating a free trade agreement on their own, without including Mexico. For some politicians, it is through Mexico that products from China are arriving, which is why they would advocate its exclusion.
One of the arguments of some leaders, such as the Premier of Ontario, is that Mexico has become the "back door" for Chinese products to enter the North American continent. "I will not let myself be sunk by these cheap imports that take away the jobs of men and women from Ontario," he said.
"This idea that Chinese products are entering through Mexico to be taken to the United States is not correct," Sheinbaum said on Friday, after stating a day earlier that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not agree with excluding Mexico.
The president has reiterated that the treaty is "very good" for Mexico, but also for Canada and the United States, so she will focus on the upcoming meetings with the authorities of both countries to refute this incorrect statement and demonstrate with figures the benefits of the treaty.
"In North America, this treaty makes us complement each other, our economies grow, develop and have well-being, which is ultimately the objective we are setting. We have to see in particular what he meant by Mexico's decision, but he knows that our intention is to continue with the treaty," he argued in relation to Trudeau's latest statements on reviewing Mexico's foreign trade.
Although Sheinbaum has not denied that small percentages of Chinese products end up in the products they export, as happens in the automobile market, she has highlighted that this also happens in the United States, due to the role of major international exporter that China has been playing in recent years.
He also said that his government's goal is to further reduce imports from China, for which they have an investment plan in infrastructure, among others, underway.
