MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador raised concerns about rising food prices and requested that U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack work with Mexico. Victor Villalobos, the Mexican Agriculture Minister said Tuesday.

Vilsack and Villalobos are in Mexico to meet and discuss “shared priorities” such as open trade, science-based policies and sustainable and climate smart agricultural production.

According to the statement, U.S. officials and Mexican authorities reached all required plant health protocol agreements and agreed to Mexican officials visiting the U.S. in April for expanded access to Mexico’s market by May 15. This was to allow all U.S. chipping potato and table stock to be available to Mexican buyers no later than May 15, according to the statement.

Villalobos claimed Lopez Obrador had asked ministers to make suggestions about how to limit inflation.

He said, “Next Thursday, we will have another meeting to gather information to prepare a proposal.”

The Mexican inflation rate was 7.29% for the first half March. That’s more than twice what the central bank targeted at 3%. However, there is a 1 percentage point tolerance between the target and the actual target.