Mexico Wants to Participate in Restoring Supply Chain for Chips, Critical Goods in North America

(L) Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks in the Benjamin Franklin room at the State Department, during a virtual meeting with Mexican Secretary of Economy Tatiana Clouthier, who is in Mexico City, in Washington on Feb. 26, 2021. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/Pool via Reuters) (R) Mexican Secretary of Economy Tatiana Clouthier looks on in an office at the Secretary of Economy building in Mexico City, during a virtual meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is in Washington, in Mexico City on Feb. 26, 2021. Mexico's Secretary of Economy Officer/Handout via Reuters

Mexican Economy Minister Tatiana Clouthier told U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a virtual meeting that Mexico wants to be a supplier of chips and other critical goods for North America.

Clouthier said in her remarks before the Feb. 26 meeting that Mexico wants to be a part of efforts to restore the supply chains of chips, large-capacity batteries, pharmaceuticals, and strategic minerals that were disrupted by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic.