Pressed for time, and with a plan to inaugurate this new train route in December of this year to funnel passengers to the hard-to-get AIFA, AMLO has resorted to the expropriation of land
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OPINION By JUAN CARLOS BAKER Part of an ongoing series from the Wilson Center* A lot has happened in trade matters since the United States withdrew from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TTP) in 2019. The TPP entered into force in December 2018 without the United States but including Mexico and Canada. It was then rebranded as the Comprehensive and Progressive Transpacific Partnership
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By MARK LORENZANA According to former negotiators and specialists in a report by Mexican daily newspaper El Universal on Sunday, July 24, Mexico specifically violated Chapters 14, 15, 22 and 32 of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). When the government of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) accepted Chapters 14, 15, 22 and 32 of the agreement — titled
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The British government on Friday, May 20, announced that it has begun preliminary negotiations with Mexico to establish a bilateral free-trade agreement. According to British Trade Minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan, using as a template the European Union-Mexico agreement that was negotiated over two decades ago, the United Kingdom, which ceased to be included in that
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XINHUA Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard and Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi agreed in telephone conversation on Wednesday, Sept. 29, to promote closer bilateral Wang said that China “attaches high importance to developing relations with Mexico” and wants to take the opportunity of next year’s 50th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic relations to strengthen planning and boost
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By KELIN DILLON Over 196.7 billion pesos in investment into Mexico’s energy sector are now in jeopardy, following Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) controversial proposals to reform the nation’s electric industry, according to opponents of the bill. The proposed law would allow Mexico’s government-owned Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) to gain priority over private energy plants to upload their
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XINHUA Great Britain and Mexico have signed an agreement aimed at securing the existing bilateral trade following the end of the Brexit transition period on Dec. 31, the British Department for International Trade (DIT) said Tuesday, Dec. 15. The UK-Mexico Trade Continuity Agreement (UKMCA) will provide certainty for British and Mexican businesses “trading the goods and services that make up
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS … The Taiwanese people consider themselves to be an independent nation, although their sovereignty is sorely contested by China.
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Japanese Ambassador to Mexico Yasushi Takase hosted a diplomatic reception at his residence on Wednesday, Dec. 5, to mark his country’s last national day commemorating the birthday of Emperor Akihito. Akihito, who will turn 85 on Dec. 23 and has served as Japan’s head of state for 30 years, is due to step down as emperor at
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Ever since Mexico first adopted its now-antiquated One-China policy back in 1972 under then-President Luis Echeverría, the island nation of Taiwan (also known as the Republic of China, or ROC) has been patiently waiting for the Land of the Aztec Pyramids to wake up and recognize the fact that, not only does Mexico have a lot more in common
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