OPINION By JOSÉ ANTONIO MEADE Part of an ongoing series from the Wilson Center* It has become common place to speak about the disruptions brought about by the covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine in everything from global value chains, inflation, food availability and economic performance. This has led many to seek alternative solutions to improve supply chain resilience and
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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OPINION By JERRY HAAR Part of an ongoing series from the Wilson Center* The second decade of the 21st century increasingly mirrors the world’s political and economic environment of a century before when nationalism, protectionism and isolationism occupied center stage in the global political economy. The key drivers of economic growth and development — neoliberal economic policies and free market-oriented institutional
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OPINION By IÑIGO FERNÁNDEZ BAPTISTA Part of an ongoing series from the Wilson Center* In 2006 — more than 16 years ago — in the midst of the bird flu, Jeffrey Staples published an article in Harvard Business Review stating that a pandemic could become the single greatest threat to business continuity. That prediction took solid form with the covid-19 pandemic
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OPINION By CARLOS PASCUAL Part of an ongoing series from the Wilson Center* General Motors stated in November 2021, just seven months after announcing plans to invest $1 billion in electric vehicle production in Mexico, that “Mexico won’t be a destination for foreign investment” unless it provides a solid legal basis to “meet our objective of having zero emissions in the
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By KELIN DILLON Halfway through the six-year administration of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), Mexico’s state-owned oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) has lost 38.4 percent of its stake in the world’s energy market, dropping out of the top 10 most important international oil companies. Just in 2017, Pemex ranked highly in value according to British firm Brand Finance’s
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Over the course of the last six years, U.S. and Canadian companies have invested more than $4.805 billion in Mexico’s energy sector, capital that is now being threatened by the changes to the electricity and hydrocarbon sectors laws promoted by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). Among the major companies that have invested in
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Mexico’s state-owned energy companies Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) and the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) continue to be leading problems for the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). Both are separate entities that must be dealt with separately. So we’ll start with a look at Pemex, and then consider th CFE a few paragraphs down. Pemex and
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By RICARDO CASTILLO At long last, we are beginning to hear some of the details of the United States Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) negotiations. According to Mexican President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), the toughest clause was on energy, which was almost a deal-breaker. After heavy disputes, that bickering President Donald Trump finally softened his stance and spoke over the phone to AMLO.
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