Latam, Caribbean leaders meet to draft roadmap to tame inflation

FILE PHOTO: Customers walk past vegetables on a makeshift stall in a market in Mexico City, Mexico April 8, 2022. REUTERS/Luis Cortes

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Leaders of 11 Latin American and Caribbean countries agreed to work to outline measures seeking to tame inflation in the region, including better conditions for trade, according to a statement published by Mexico's presidential office Wednesday.

Agreements reached include the creation of a working group of government representatives aimed at identifying regional measures to coordinate the trade of commodities, fertilizers and other goods.