Past Events

U.S. Consul General Kurt Tong, Consul General of Mexico Damian Martinez Taguena and Consul General of Canada Jeff Nankivell discussed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) at a roundtable on 13 November. The new agreement is designed to modernize the 24-year-old NAFTA and give new impetus to trade between the three countries. Tong said that one of the main benefits is that the new deal adheres to the standards of the Trans-Pacific Partnership – even though the U.S. has pulled out of that agreement. Martinez Taguena explained that Mexico possessed one of the freest economies in the world and welcomed investment. Nankivell said that one of the main goals of the new agreement was to reduce red tape and facilitate reciprocal market access between the three countries.