Economy Secretary Marcelo Ebrard will travel on Tuesday, September 1, to Miami to meet with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on the sidelines of the G-20 forum. On the table: a reduction of the 50% U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum and the 25% tariff on automobiles, according to Bloomberg Línea.
The trip comes as Mexico and the United States prepare for the fourth round of the USMCA review, whose schedule has yet to be confirmed. Ebrard raised the possibility that Canada could join the talks, though recent tariff exchanges between the two countries have prevented it. When asked by the press about recent issues such as fiscal fuel theft and the revocation of a visa for a son of former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, he said those matters have had no bearing on trade dialogue. For the Latino community across North America, the review defines market-access conditions for a market that concentrated Mexican exports worth $324,800 million in the first half of the year, 24.6% more than a year earlier, according to figures from the Secretariat of Economy.
At the Morena caucus plenary session in the Chamber of Deputies, Ebrard said that cases in the political, judicial, or immigration spheres have had no weight in trade negotiations and discussions, and explained that each bilateral issue is handled at separate tables. In the third round, held in July, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) reported that the agenda included steel and aluminum, the automotive industry, economic security, labor issues, agriculture, and trade barriers, according to El Imparcial. On non-tariff barriers, President Claudia Sheinbaum explained in March that of the 54 measures raised by the United States, the majority had already been addressed. Foreign direct investment in Mexico reached a record $34,968 million in the first half of the year.
"I will be able to share more information, coming out of those meetings," Ebrard said ahead of his encounter with Lutnick. The fourth round of the USMCA has no set date, but the Miami meeting will be the next key reference point for exporters, manufacturers, and workers in the automotive and steel sectors in Mexico and the United States.
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