Mexico won’t strike trade deal with U.S. that excludes Canada, top diplomat insists

Mexico’s top diplomat says his government has no interest in striking a separate trade arrangement with Washington that would jettison the three-way United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. The Mexicans next week are holding a third round of formal bilateral negotiations with the United States on the renewal of the USMCA. Formal negotiations between Canada and the U.S. have yet to begin. Roberto Velasco Álvarez, Mexico’s Secretary of Foreign Affairs, was in Ottawa Friday for meetings with Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand. He shook his head when asked at a press conference whether Mexico would consider striking a bilateral agreement with the United…