OTTAWA (AFP) - Trade and security ministers from Canada, the United States and Mexico will meet here Monday and announce new unspecified measures to bolster cooperation against terrorism and other threats while improving trade, according to senior government officials.
The meeting between Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan and Industry Minister David Emerson and their US and Mexican counterparts, Secretary Michael Chertoff, Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, Secretary Fernando Canales and Secretary Carlos Abascal, comes three months after the heads of each country agreed to closer ties when they met in Waco, Texas.
Officials said the partners have discussed North American competitiveness, ways to avoid duplication, concerns about intellectual property and a further reduction of tariffs and duties.
"Over the last 90 days, in a number of areas, work has advanced sufficiently that ministers can (now make announcements)," a senior official said.
The countries have been bound in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) since 1994, but disputes over trade and immigration still linger.
New security measures will be announced too, officials said.
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