During the meeting between Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and Joe Biden, topics such as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), inflation, migration, and security were discussed.
At the meeting, the political leaders discussed topics such as inflation, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), border security, migration, climate change, the Summit of the Americas, and the upcoming High-Level Economic Dialogue (HLED), which will take place in September.
Following the bilateral meeting between President AMLO and his counterpart, Biden, the leaders reported that Mexico and the United States affirm their broad and deep cooperation, as well as their commitment to building a more prosperous and secure future.
As mentioned previously, the meeting between the presidents covered various topics. According to a joint statement released Tuesday night, a series of measures to be implemented were detailed regarding:
The leaders discussed the importance of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), and agreed to its full implementation, with the goal of benefiting working families, including guaranteeing their labor rights.
*Regarding the issue of inflation, they propose to combat it jointly by accelerating the facilitation of bilateral trade and reducing trade costs.
The governments of the United States and Mexico will invest in modernizing border infrastructure for projects along the more than 3,000-kilometer border, with the aim of making the flow of trade and people safer and more efficient, as well as creating well-paid jobs in the region.
Other topics discussed and for which solutions were proposed included: Mexico's transition to clean energy, addressing challenges such as fentanyl (Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid analgesic similar to morphine, but 50 to 100 times more potent. In its prescription form, it is used to relieve pain, but fentanyl is also produced illegally and distributed as a street drug; it is one of the drugs that causes the most overdose deaths), arms trafficking, and human smuggling, establishing a joint task force between the two countries.
The meeting between the Mexican president and his US counterpart proceeded smoothly, cordially, and resulted in numerous agreements beneficial to both nations. However, the encounter was not without its share of jokes and memes, particularly targeting the Mexican president, who was heavily ridiculed on social media.
News report based on information from: El Financiero and El País.
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