USTR flags energy concerns going into Mexico talks; urges steel monitoring

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai speaks in Brasilia, Brazil March 8, 2023. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The U.S. sees some progress made on an energy dispute with Mexico, although "deep-seated" concerns persist, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on Thursday shortly before talks in Mexico with top Mexican and Canadian trade officials.

The U.S. and Canada demanded dispute settlement talks over energy with Mexico in July 2022, arguing that Mexico's nationalist energy policies, which have tightened state control over the energy market, were discriminatory to U.S. companies.