Mexico Agriculture Minister Replaced Ahead of USMCA Trade Review

Mexican Agriculture Minister Julio Berdegue was replaced by an official focused on rural development in another shakeup of President Claudia Sheinbaum’s cabinet.

Sheinbaum’s office announced the naming of Columba Lopez Gutierrez, who was working on inclusion and development in the Welfare Ministry, as the new minister in a statement.

Mexican Agricultural Minister Julio Berdegue

Photographer: Mayolo Lopez Gutierrez/Bloomberg

Berdegue will remain a government adviser as Mexico, Canada and the US conduct a review this year of their free trade pact, known as USMCA, according to the statement. Berdegue was part of a Mexican delegation to Washington in April, following talks last year on Mexico’s tomato exports ...