Texas Border Business
Texas Border Business
Mexico City — Representatives of the American Chamber of Commerce of Mexico met with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and senior Mexican officials, including Economy Secretary Marcelo Ebrard and Finance Secretary Edgar Amador, as part of the review process of the USMCA, emphasizing the need to strengthen regional integration while preserving competitiveness.
“We welcome and recognize the openness of both governments to maintain this constructive institutional dialogue, where there is a genuine interest in understanding the perspectives of the private sector,” said Oscar del Cueto. He added that the review presents an opportunity to deepen integration, stating that “we do not have to divide the pie; we can make a bigger pie together.”
Business leaders stressed that many member companies operate under a deeply binational model, with highly integrated supply chains between Mexico and the United States, generating significant economic activity and employment on both sides of the border. “The commercial relationship among North American countries is fundamentally different from that of the United States with any other country in the world,” said Pedro Casas Alatriste, noting that Mexico is the largest buyer of U.S. goods and a key partner in co-producing intermediate goods.
The discussion comes as Mexican private-sector organizations have recently urged U.S. officials to avoid trade measures that could disrupt this integration. In a separate communication, major industry groups argued that Mexico should be excluded from potential tariffs tied to a Section 301 investigation, warning that such actions could harm regional competitiveness and undermine the North American production model built on shared supply chains.
During the meeting, participants outlined four shared priorities: reindustrializing the United States and Mexico to better compete with Asia, strengthening North American supply chains, securing energy and critical minerals, and reinforcing Mexico’s economy as part of a stronger regional bloc. AMCHAM representatives also proposed preferential tariff treatment for Mexico, extending the USMCA to provide greater investment certainty, and advancing deeper vertical integration across the region to improve the trade balance and economic resilience.
