Governmental and Non-governmental Institutional Mechanisms in Mexico-Canada Relations

Relations between Canada and Mexico have grown economically and politically. Today, the agenda between the two countries has been diversified to incorporate trilateral, regional and global topics, and the number of actors in relations between the two countries have multiplied. This essay offers a general vision about the recent evolution of the Mexico-Canada bilateral relationship and describes the process of expansion and strengthening of the institutional infrastructure available for its administration. It is divided into three sections. The first of them examines the context in which the vigorous expansion of the bilateral relationship has occurred: the second describes and analyzes the institutional mechanisms the governments of the two countries have available in order to develop their connections: the third section studies the appearance and expansion of the communication forums between different nongovernmental sectors of the two societies.