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Reuters
Reuters
Business
By Anthony Esposito

Mexican official seeks 'open, frank,' dialogue with U.S. and Canada in energy dispute

FILE PHOTO: Mexico's deputy minister of foreign trade Luz Maria de la Mora attends the Americas Society and Council of the Americas event in Mexico City, Mexico May 22, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso

Mexico's government will hold frank and open discussions to resolve a dispute with the United States and Canada over Mexican energy policies that they argue breaches a regional trade pact, a senior trade official said.

The U.S. and Canadian demands come after years of concern among those nations' private firms that Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's drive to tighten the state's grip on oil and electricity output treated them unfairly and was in violation of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

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