Mexico And Canada Sign Bilateral Economic Agreement

https://gfmag.com/economics-policy-regulation/mexico-and-canada-sign-bilateral-economic-agreement/

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IndridCold@lemmy.ca · 85 pts · 337d

The Canadian leadership is interested in more diverse and resilient supply chains via Mexico, while the Mexican government wants to increase bilateral trade through direct access to Canadian ports, making the country less dependent on existing US maritime channels.

LOL. Love this.

bowreality@lemmy.ca · 58 pts · 337d (5 replies)

Excellent! Let’s also import more Mexican groceries! Fresh fruit and veg and pantry staples (spices, canned stuff, etc).

dubyakay@lemmy.ca · 23 pts · 337d (4 replies)

Careful: a lot of "Product of Mexico" fruit and veggies are actually still American companies that control much of the supply chain and possibly even the farmland.

altphoto@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 336d (3 replies)

Avocados from Mexico?

dubyakay@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 336d

Look at the label, dig into the company. Who's the owner, CEO, where was it founded, etc.

It's not something easy to avoid. I just wanted to make people aware.

Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 335d (1 reply)

yea those are usually controlled owned by american companies. tropical fruits cant be grown in temperate regions like the US.

1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 334d

I think they were repeating a meme

Toto@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 337d

This is why we voted for this economic nerd

Maeve@kbin.earth · 27 pts · 337d

If this kind of stuff keeps up, Mexico can tell Monsanto/Bayer to get lost.

frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io · 22 pts · 337d (2 replies)

I hope the agreement is "Fuck America"

Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 337d

Eh... They seem to doing a pretty good job of that on their own...

quick_snail@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 336d

Both of these countries are in America...

avidamoeba@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 337d

Very nice!

OldTellus@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 337d

Great news. I hope they're prepared to fend off the yanks who will want screw this up

deltapi@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 336d (3 replies)

It's all fun until the U.S. navy starts an unofficial blockade of Cargo ships bypassing American ports...maybe forcing them to dock for 'inspections'

radiofreebc@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 336d (2 replies)
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deltapi@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 336d

Yeah, kinda making my point for me. They're literally murdering people in international waters, you think they can't harass shipping that attempts to bypass them?

Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 335d

also stretching out the navy to do these BS blockades is only going to compromise the branch.

Adderbox76@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 335d

Let's see how long it takes orange fuck-face to start claiming Mexican ships coming to Canada are "cartel boats"...

phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 335d

BOOM YEAH! Both Mexico and Canada are extremely close to my heart, I'm very excited to hear this

quick_snail@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 336d (2 replies)

Canada was Mexico’s fifth largest trade partner and Mexico was Canada’s third largest as of the end of last year.

Wow, so Canada needs mexico more than Mexico needs Canada. That's counter intuitive

IndridCold@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 336d

That doesn't make any sense. Trade doesn't have to be perfectly equal. You want good agreements and free trade without bloated orange meat bags hijacking and stopping trade.

As long as these agreements don't include the US, that's a good step in the right direction.

betanumerus@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 336d
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saigot@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 337d (2 replies)

MECA?

Shave_MyBeever@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 337d (1 reply)

CAME

InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 336d
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quick_snail@feddit.nl · 0 pts · 336d

What's the skinny on how this helps poverty of Mexican workers? NAFTA benefited corporations and harmed workers