Alberta Bolsters Canada-Mexico Energy Ties as Trump Upends Trade

An LNG carrier at the LNG Canada docks in Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada.

Photographer: James MacDonald/Bloomberg

The leader of Canada’s main oil-producing province visited Mexico in a bid to help reset relations with Latin America’s second-largest economy, with a particular eye to promoting energy projects.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, who previously argued Canada would be better off dealing with the US alone, emphasized that the northern nation now has the ability to ship oil and gas to Mexico directly thanks to new Pacific Ocean export facilities.