After weeks of public confrontations with local business lobbies and with less than a month left before the 1 July general election, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the favourite to win the presidential race, is seeking to clear the air with Mexico’s leading businessmen. López Obrador accepted an invitation extended to all presidential candidates by the Consejo Mexicano de Negocios (CMN) and the Consejo Coordinador Empresarial (CCE) business associations to meet their members to analyse proposed economic policies. López Obrador claims that the meeting went well and that he and the business leaders have reached an understanding. If true, this will only strengthen López Obrador’s presidential bid. End of preview - This article contains approximately 651 words.
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