Canada hoping for full access to Mexican beef market
27/06/2016
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto will arrive in Canada this week for a state visit and he will also have meetings with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau before they both attend a summit with US President Barack Obama on June 29.
Mexico’s agriculture secretary, José Calzada Rovirosa, is believed to have spoken to Canadian agriculture minister, Lawrence MacAulay, via telephone in recent weeks and he could be part of Mexico’s visiting delegation this week.
"The issue of reopening the border to beef from cattle over 30 months of age has been at the forefront of discussions with Mexico for a number of years, and is always on the agenda, among other topics, when the minister speaks to his counterpart from Mexico," MacAulay's director of communications said.
"Mexico has been one of our priorities," said John Masswohl from the Canadian Cattlemen's Association, who estimate that a full reopening of the market could be worth an additional $5 million a year to the Canadian beef industry.
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