U.S., Canada, Mexico vow energy tech co-operation

VICTORIA, British Columbia (Reuters) – Canada, the United States and Mexico pledged to co-operate on developing energy technology on Monday in an agreement that could reduce trade barriers to alternative energy development.

The countries’ top energy officials, who signed the five-year deal following a meeting on Canada’s Pacific Coast, said it should also promote joint research in areas such as nuclear energy and renewable fuels.


Promoting renewable and more energy-efficient technology will increase North America’s energy security and help the environment, the officials said.

The countries agreed in 2001 to promote energy security in the region, but a new pact was needed to provide a “formal framework” to resolving issues such as ownership of intellectual property rights, the officials said.

Reuters