Overview

• The Economy Ministry reported nine new sectoral sessions in the past week and eight state meetings in Coahuila, Oaxaca, Aguascalientes, Sonora, Tabasco, Hidalgo, Michoacán and Tamaulipas.
• Two weeks into the process, authorities count 13 sectoral and 13 state roundtables overall, alongside 1,602 completed questionnaires for statistical analysis by T-MEC chapter.
• For the first time the labor movement is formally included, with Marcelo Ebrard meeting union leaders in a session co-organized with Labor Secretary Marath Bolaños and separately with the national business council.
• A national report compiling all inputs is scheduled for delivery to the economy secretary on November 15, after which it will be forwarded to President Claudia Sheinbaum to inform the negotiation strategy.
• Consultations span industries from agroindustry and autos to aerospace, cement and textiles, responding to practical implementation frictions such as rules-of-origin disputes and unilateral U.S. measures in steel and aluminum.