Mexico and Canada agreed on strengthening their ties in front of Trump’s threats of leaving NAFTA

U.S. Adina Camarasu
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The Mexican President, Enrique Pena Nieto and the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, have spoken on the phone on Monday.

They seemed to agree to maintain a close contact with each other. Also, they decided to act quickly to strengthen their North American ties.

The Mexican government announced the news in an official press release, quoted by Reuters.

Pena Nieto ‘reiterated the Mexican government’s wish to continue to fortify the relationship between the two countries’.

‘Both leaders agreed to intensify their working together as a team to accelerate the integration of North America, a stronger and more prosperous integration’, said the Mexican government.

The discussion of the two leaders came after the US President Donald Trump threatened to withdraw from the Free North American Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that is linking the three countries.

Trump is decided to take a step back if the treaty won’t be renegotiated for the higher benefit of the United States.

The US authorities are claiming that Trump is focused on US’ trade deficits with other countries, such as Mexico.

Meanwhile, the Canadian officials said that they will be focusing on maintaining the trade connections with the US during the discussions on renegotiating NAFTA.

Also, this may not help Mexico to avoid being the target of the new administration of President Trump.

A meeting was supposed to be held last week, between Trump and Pena Nieto.

But, the meeting has been canceled after the US President said that it is better to give up the agreement if Mexico is not willing to pay for the wall that would be built between the two countries.