Alberta promotes Canada-Mexico energy ties as Trump upends trade

Danielle Smith is in Mexico to promote closer energy ties with the country. Photo by Liam Richards / The Canadian Press

The leader of Canada’s main oil-producing province visited Mexico in a bid to help reset relations with Latin America’s second-largest economy, with a particular eye to promoting energy projects.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith , who previously argued Canada would be better off dealing with the United States alone, emphasized that the northern nation now has the ability to ship oil and gas to Mexico directly thanks to new Pacific Ocean export facilities.

“It just makes sense to see, now that there is a little turmoil in the relationship with the United States, if there’s ways that we can strengthen the bilateral relationship between Mexico and Canada,” Smith