Mexican Business Leaders Increase Exports to China

China’s Economic Cooperation Center signed an agreement last Thursday, November 3, with a delegation of Mexican farm producers that were lead by Deputy Agriculture Secretary Gabriel Padilla. In order to improve Mexican farm exports, a group of 30 Mexican business leaders and officials will be visiting wholesale distributors and supermarkets and meet with representatives of the Beijing Western Food Association. The initiative is focused on balancing an uneven bilateral trade relationship between the two countries in which, similar to the U.S. and many other countries, Mexico imports much more from China than it exports to the country. Coordinated by the Mexican Chamber of Commerce in China, the delegation’s agenda includes 10 seminars where farm producers can showcase their products and signing ceremonies for 14 cooperation agreements. The delegation’s tour of four cities will conclude in Shanghai on Nov. 15.