Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum said on Thursday that she will propose economist Roberto Lazzeri as the country's next ambassador to the ‌United States, replacing a pick ​by her predecessor who held the post since 2021.

"We need to ⁠submit it to the United States ​and see if they approve the process," she ⁠said in a daily press conference.

Lazzeri would replace current ambassador Esteban Moctezuma, who was named ‌by former President Andres Manuel ​Lopez Obrador.

The move ‌to appoint Lazzeri, the head of two ‌of Mexico's top development banks, Nafin and Bancomext, and who has also overseen public debt ⁠for the federal ‌government, comes ⁠amid talks to review the key U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade ⁠pact.

Mexico ⁠and Canada have been looking to the USMCA negotiations as ‌a way to provide relief from the steep duties President Donald Trump imposed ‌last year ​that have ‌caused difficulties for automakers and other industries in a highly integrated North American ​economy.