Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Monday that Mexico is interested in reaching an agreement, prior to completing the review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada ‌trade pact, regarding the ​exchange of steel, aluminum, and automobiles.

Sheinbaum spoke at a morning press ⁠conference as U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer ​visits Mexico for talks.

"Obviously, we care a ⁠great deal about steel, aluminum, and automobiles," Sheinbaum said. "We hope that a preliminary agreement can be ‌reached."

Mexico is a major exporter ​of vehicles and ‌auto parts, as well as machinery and mechanical ‌equipment, which it sends mainly to the United States.

This year's USMCA review talks are ⁠critical for Mexico, which ‌has so ⁠far been largely spared the brunt of ⁠U.S. ⁠tariffs thanks to the bulk of its exports being protected ‌under the North American trade pact.

The U.S. has suggested it will seek to tighten ‌its ​rules of origin ‌to prevent goods - particularly from China - passing through Mexico in order to ​enter the U.S. tariff-free.