Mexico and Canada leaders talk investment, energy dispute
Mexico’s president has lauded investments from Canada and says he will meet with Canadian companies that may have a problem with his energy policies MEXICO CITY -- Mexico’s president lauded investment s from Canada and said he would meet with Canadian companies that might have a problem with his energy policies. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador commented after meeting privately with his Canadian counterpart, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Their session came on the heels of the North American Leaders’ Summit a day earlier in which U.S. President Joe Biden also participated. The United States and Canada accuse López Obrador of trying to favor Mexico’s state-owned utility over power plants built by foreign and private investors, something that is forbidden under the three countries’ free trade pact. López Obrador said he and Trudeau discussed economic issues, investment s by Canadian mining companies and the energy infrastructure company TC Energy, also known as TransCanada. The pr...