Overview
- Mexico’s finance chief Édgar Amador Zamora attended the Jan. 12 meeting at the U.S. Treasury led by Secretary Scott Bessent in Washington, D.C.
- Discussions centered on identifying solutions to design and fund mechanisms that diversify global critical‑minerals supply chains and strengthen their resilience.
- Finance and economy ministers from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, South Korea and the United Kingdom participated, alongside EU Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis and Indian representatives.
- U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and U.S. EXIM Bank president John Jovanovic joined the session, underscoring the role of trade policy and export credit in supply‑chain strategy.
- No binding agreements were announced as the United States highlighted steps already taken and planned, and Bessent urged de‑risking over decoupling with faster, coordinated action.