US urges Mexico to allow factories to reopen to end supply chain disruption

The United States government is urging Mexico to allow the reopening of certain factories that were closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The supply chain for defense manufacturers in the United States, especially those in the aircraft sector, has been disrupted because the Mexican government didn’t classify factories in the aerospace and defense sectors as essential when it declared a health emergency at the end of March.

Ellen Lord, U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, told reporters at the Pentagon on Monday that she had discussed the problem with U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Christopher Landau.

She also said that she was planning to write Foreign Affairs Minister Marcelo Ebrard to ask that he “help reopen international suppliers” in Mexico.

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