Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum felt obliged to defend Mexico last week in reaction to Canadian authorities such as the Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. and the Ontario Premier, who had previously offered public comments looking to differentiate the differentiate their country from their southern counterpart on bilateral issues with the United States, comments Sheinbaum felt were "provocations".
"We will not fall into provocations about which country is better; what matters is that Mexico must be respected, especially by our trade partners," said the recently-elected president during her a press conference.
