All eyes in Mexico’s energy sector were on Washington, DC on Thursday as President Biden hosted Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in the first summit of its kind since 2016.

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Ahead of the so-called “Three Amigos” summit, the Canadian Chamber of Congress, Mexican business group Consejo Coordinador Empresarial (CCE) and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce issued a letter to the three leaders urging action on pressing issues, including in the energy sector.

“The Canadian and U.S. private sectors are deeply concerned about efforts by the Mexican government to reduce private competition in the energy sector,” the business groups wrote. “Attempts to favor state-owned enterprises at the expense of renewable and other private...