(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.
