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Jan. 29 will mark 70 years of diplomatic relations between Canada and Mexico, two countries that Canadian MP John Weston said “have much in common and great potential.”
In an effort to create a North American commercial bloc competing with Asia and Europe, the two countries have forged a closer relationship in recent years.
“For the two countries there is much more than we can imagine: 1.6 million Canadians travel to Mexico every year and Canada is the principal foreign investor in the Mexican mining sector,” Weston said.
He added that recently passed reforms give Canada “more opportunities to do business and invest in Mexico,” and that the opportunity to create a “manufacturing alliance” exists.
The 70th anniversary will be celebrated with a series of seminars headed by Mexican Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE) North American Undersecretary Sergio Alcocer in Ottawa, Canada. Several academics will also be present to give talks on topics exploring the challenges and opportunities presented by the relations between the two countries.
This year, Mexico and Canada also celebrate the 20th anniversary of the North Atlantic Free Trade Association (NAFTA) and 10 years of the Mexico-Canada Alliance of Commerce, a Canadian non-profit organization dedicated to deepening and facilitating business community connections between the two countries.
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