Hundreds of delegates representing businesses and key sectors from across Canada are taking part in this country’s biggest trade mission to Mexico in decades this week, and it’s a trip those on the ground say is long overdue.

“We’re in a continent that we share. We have two trading agreements with Mexico, both the (Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement, or CUSMA) and the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership). This is an opportunity to go well beyond where we have been,” said Business Council of Canada CEO Goldy Hyder from Mexico City. “It’s a long time coming.”

The “Team Canada” trade mission has two main objectives: strategizing ahead of this year’s mandatory review of CUSMA, as well as trying to forge new bilateral relationships.

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