Sheinbaum expects to meet Trump at December's G20
Mexico's president said no meeting is planned in China and that any encounter would take place in the U.S.; the agenda is not yet set.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday she will "probably" meet U.S. President Donald Trump at the Group of 20 summit in December, and that the meeting, if it happens, would take place in the United States. She was answering a question at her morning news conference about whether she would seek him out at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, which she is traveling to.
No meeting is planned in China, she said, though she would look for one if the chance came up. She referred to the G20 as taking place at Mar-a-Lago, but the summit is scheduled for Dec. 14-15 at Trump National Doral Miami, the city of Doral's calendar shows.
"We still haven't settled the agenda, so to speak."
Sheinbaum added that the U.S. government has not told her team how it will run.
As for Trump at APEC, "everything points to" his attending, she said. His presence is confirmed "in principle," but the White House has to announce it. On that trip Sheinbaum will hold a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Shenzhen.
A Trump meeting would come with the USMCA trade pact under review and after a Trump message on migrant caravans and tariffs. Sheinbaum answered that "no migrant caravan" has reached the northern border under this U.S. administration. On China, she maintained that seeing Xi "should not be a problem" for the talks with Washington.
Sheinbaum leaves for China on Sunday.
