In the lead-up to the review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) , Marcelo Ebrard, head of Mexico’s Ministry of Economy (SE) , and Jamieson Greer, United States Trade Representative (USTR) , held a meeting on Wednesday in which they discussed a series of possible reforms to the trade agreement, including stricter rules of origin for key industrial goods , although they did not specify what these might be, according to a USTR statement.
At the meeting, held in Washington DC, both officials agreed to continue collaboration on critical minerals and to increase efforts to defend the workers and producers of both countries.
According to the statement, they also discussed combating antidumping ( a trade measure applied to counteract unfair competition from imported goods) of products manufactured in the North American region.
Furthermore, Ebrard and Greer acknowledged substantial progress in recent months and agreed to continue collaboration to address non-tariff barriers.
During the meeting they also discussed bilateral trade relations and the upcoming joint review of the USMCA .
Earlier, Marcelo Ebrard had announced on his X account that he would hold a meeting with Greer to resume work on tariffs, Mexican exports and new investments in the country.
Following the meeting, in a video, he provided an update, highlighting their discussions on the next steps for the USMCA, whose review is scheduled for this year. He also noted that they talked about the evolution of the automotive industry and supply chain security .
It is worth remembering that last December, Jamieson Greer expressed his support for the USMCA, despite the fact that the President of the United States, Donald Trump, has indicated on several occasions his disagreement with the trilateral trade agreement.
In closed-door briefings with the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee and the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on December 16 and 17, 2025, Greer had assured that the agreement would not be automatically renewed, so Mexico had to resolve a list of outstanding issues that could define the future of the USMCA , such as making improvements in labor legislation, as well as in the application of environmental laws.
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