XINHUA, MEXICO CITY: Mexican Minister of Finance Jose Antonio Meade said Thursday that Mexico, the United States and Canada, which are renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), agree to deepen integration in financial services. When the first round of negotiations started in Washington on Wednesday, representatives noted “a shared willingness to improve integration” in financial services, Meade told reporters at a public event in central Mexico.

“We hope the three countries can outline positions and begin to move them closer to each other in the coming weeks,” Meade said, adding that no documents on the matter had been exchanged yet.

The Finance Ministry said Deputy Finance Minister Vanessa Rubio presided over the initial sessions of the financial services group, along with representatives from the United States and Canada.