A Difficult Year in Review
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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Another Three Amigos Summit
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
Read moreUSMCA Passes Major Hurdle on Way to Approval
XINHUA Just as Mexican, U.S. and Canadian negotiators in Mexico City were ironing out last-minute modifications to the proposed United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) Tuesday, Dec. 10, and signing a modified protocol that would allow for a trinational board of experts to oversee labor conditions (one of the major stumbling blocks for U.S. Democrats), up in Washington, the U.S. House majority
Read moreCanada Is Left Out in the Cold, For Now
By RICARDO CASTILLO After the storm comes the calm. On Friday, Aug. 31, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer sent to Congress the done free-trade agreement between Mexico and the United States, leaving Canada out of the deal…for the moment. Talks between Lighthizer and Canadian NAFTA negotiator Chrystia Freeland at the end of the day did not go sour, but the two could
Read moreTillerson’s Fly-by-Night Visit
By RICARDO CASTILLO I can breathe a sign of relief; it didn’t happen! My biggest fear about last week’s fly-by-night visit to Mexico City by U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was that he’d announce the replacement of Ambassador Roberta Jacobson. That didn’t happen and that’s very good news. That, of course, should be a warning to ambitious fellows who want
Read moreTrump’s Damocles Sword Keeps Swinging
By RICARDO CASTILLO Despite the fact that U.S. President Donald Trump keeps swinging his Damocles sword over the trilateral talks, aimed particularly at Mexico and Canada, the sixth round of negotiations in Montreal officially kicked off on Sunday, Jan. 21, and will extend through Jan. 29. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer keeps repeating what he has been saying all along since the North
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