On this episode of The Global Exchange, Colin Robertson speaks to Andrés Rozental, Jeffrey Simpson, and Solange Márquez about a recent joint report from COMEXI and the CGAI on the Canada-Mexico relationship, and what can be done to improve trade and diplomatic ties. You can find the report on CGAI's website here: https://www.cgai.ca/mexico_canada_two_nations_in_a_north_american_partnership

Participants’ Biographies: - Andrés Rozental Gutman is a former Mexican ambassador to the United States and the founding President of the Mexican Council on Foreign Relations

• Jeffrey Simpson is Senior fellow at the University of Ottawa's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and a member of the CGAI Advisory Council

• Solange Marquez is a CGAI Fellow and a professor at the Law School of the National Autonomous University of Mexico

Host biography

Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson

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Recording Date: June 6, 2023.

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Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips.