The president advocated for promoting trade liberalization in the region.
Mexican President Felipe Calderón met with business leaders and academics from the U.S., Canada, and Mexico who make up the Trilateral Commission, an organization comprised of prominent figures from North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, according to the Presidency.
A statement was released indicating that at the meeting, held last Saturday, Calderón shared his views on regional integration processes, Mexico's role, and challenges with business leaders and academics.
In this meeting, which took place within the framework of the Trilateral Commission meeting being held in Cancun, in the Mexican Caribbean, Calderón highlighted that in recent years the region has lost its economic leadership and competitiveness due to the halt in the opening processes.
The leader pointed out that the obstacles hindering the utilization of the region's workforce must be overcome, and mechanisms must be sought for "complementarity between economies in which emigration is not the only alternative for the population."
Calderón told the businessmen that Mexico does not seek to be a source of emigration, but rather that its purpose is to create conditions for Mexicans to find jobs in their country.
He added that to this end, various measures have been adopted to make the Mexican economy more competitive, including "the approval of structural economic reforms and the frontal fight against crime and organized crime."
The Trilateral Commission is an international non-governmental organization founded in 1973 to promote cooperation between democratic countries and brings together prominent figures from the economy and business of three regions of the world.
The meeting in Cancun is attended by David Rockefeller; Joseph Nye, Harvard academic; Thomas Foley, Chairman for North America of the Commission; Allan Gotlieb, President of Sotheby's Canada; Lorenzo Zambrano, President of Cemex; and Paul Volcker, former Governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve.
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