Overview

• Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Claudia Sheinbaum signed a comprehensive strategic partnership in Mexico City to deepen cooperation on trade, infrastructure, energy corridors, security and environmental protection.
• The agreement sets up working groups, includes a Canada-led trade mission to Mexico under Canada–U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc, and commits $9.9 million to UN projects targeting drug trafficking and migrant integration.
• Mexico flagged priorities that include expanding short‑term work visas for Mexicans in Canada and developing direct maritime port routes between the two countries to boost two‑way trade.
• The U.S. Trade Representative formally launched the USMCA six‑year review process with a 45‑day public comment period and a public hearing scheduled in November.
• Both governments are coordinating ahead of 2026 talks as U.S. sectoral tariffs on autos, steel and aluminum weigh on Canada, with Ottawa temporarily exempting USMCA‑compliant U.S. goods from some retaliatory duties.