Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday a proposed legal shake up to prioritize a state-run company in the electricity sector would not violate a trade deal with the United States and Canada.
The trade deal that replaced NAFTA was designed to ensure free trade and investment by private companies within North America.
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