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Gov. Brown to lead trade delegation to Mexico City

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Gov. Jerry Brown is preparing for his first trip to Mexico since returning to office more than three years ago. On Sunday, he is expected to leave for Mexico City, leading a 90-member delegation that includes legislators and business and policy leaders from across California.

Dubbed the “Trade and Investment Mission to Mexico,” the visit runs through Wednesday. The agenda includes the signing of memoranda of understanding on climate change and higher education.

Meetings are scheduled with Mexican Energy Secretary Pedro Joaquín Coldwell and Foreign Affairs Secretary José Antonio Meade. Brown is also expected to meet with Alfonso Navarette Prida, Mexico’s secretary of labor and social welfare; Mexican Senate President Raúl Cervantes Andrade, and Eruviel Avila, governor of the state of Mexico.

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In Sacramento on Wednesday, Brown announced that he had invited Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto “to meet later this year in California to build on the partnership forged during the trade mission,” according to a statement from the governor’s office. Brown on Wednesday met in Sacramento with top Mexican officials, including Meade, in anticipation of the trip.

Among the San Diegans expected to join Brown on the trip is Jerry Sanders, president and CEO of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce.

More than 11 million people who are Mexican-born or of Mexican origin live in California, and Mexico is California’s largest export market. According to the International Trade Administration, the state’s exports to Mexico in 2013 totaled $23.9 billion, representing 14.2 percent of the California’s total merchandise exports.

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