Guadalajara, Jalisco. The foreign policy of the Mexican government in which President Andrés Manuel López Obrador put relations with Spain on “pause” and subsequently sent a letter to the European Parliament describing its members as “sheep”, has forced businessmen dedicated to foreign trade to reinforce the promotion of the different regions of the country to do business with the old continent.
“From the Private Initiative we understand the importance of preserving our friendship and cultural ties, but also economic ties that are extremely important,” said the president of the Western Mexican Council for Foreign Trade (Comce), Miguel Ángel Landeros.
“We have had to make a very important promotion that we continue with those commercial and business relations, which have been very important for many centuries, of cultural and fraternal relationship”, Landeros Volquarts stressed after the signing of a Cooperation Protocol between Comce Occidente and the Luso-Mexican Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCILM).
“Fortunately, the relations we have with Europe, and specifically with Spain and Portugal, are stronger than the president’s own statements,” he said.
Agreement
The leader of the exporters and importers explained that the signing of the Protocol with the CCILM seeks that businessmen both from the western states of Mexico and their counterparts from Portugal, take full advantage of the Free Trade Agreement with the European Economic Community that is about to be ratified.
“Portugal is a country that Jalisco, to the west, is very interested in and it is an agreement that provides us with ways to cooperate with each other,” said the leader of the exporters.
Representatives of the Regional Chamber of the Transformation Industry (Careintra) also participated in the meeting to detect business opportunities in the plastic, recyclable and mold sector.
“We are looking for a way to ensure that our SMEs (small and medium-sized companies), which are the majority, can have these benefits, achieve partnerships, attract investment and also see Portugal as an (export) destination,” Landeros said.
