Tag Archives: Diplomacy

Experts Condemn AMLO’s Aim to Withdraw from the USMCA

OPINION By KELIN DILLON After a continued period of tension between Mexico, Canada and the United States over Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) controversial energy policies, which directly violate portions of the free-trade United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), and his continued public rhetoric against foreign and private investment, López Obrador has now publicly floated the idea of Mexico reneging

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North American Integration Means Foreign Direct Investment for Mexico

OPINION By MAGDALENA CARRAL Part of an ongoing series from the Wilson Center* Over the past few years, investment conditions in Mexico have been increasingly questioned by analysts and the media, citing decisions such as the cancellation of the Constellation Brands plant in Mexicali and the Mexico City New International Airport that was being constructed in Texcoco. Is it possible that

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Canada Donates 3.1 Million Covid Vaccines to Mexico

PULSE NEWS MEXICO The government of Canada donated 3.1 million dosages of Pfizer-BioNTech covid-19 vaccines to Mexico on Thursday, July 28, to be administered to minors. The vaccines, which were delivered early Thursday morning via a Federal Express (Fedex) airplane, were received by Mexican authorities at the Toluca International Airport arriving from Memphis, Tennessee. They were the first arrivals in

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Building a Competitive North America on the Existing Foundation

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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North America’s Position in a Globalized World

OPINION By TOM LONG Part of an ongoing series from the Wilson Center* Even as images of a “flat” world and effortless global connections gained popularity during the 1990s, regional relationships played a central role in structuring the world’s economic, social and political landscape. The proliferation of regional agreements, organizations and summits in Asia, Africa and Europe responded to the opportunities

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Making North America a Priority

OPINION By ALAN BERSIN Part of an ongoing series from the Wilson Center* Catalyzed by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in the 1990s, North America emerged as a reality before Robert Pastor articulated “The North American Idea” in his widely read book. While centered in Mexico, Canada and the United States, however, the North American region should ultimately reach

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Egyptian Envoy Marks Anniversary of Nation’s Birth as a Republic

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Egyptian Ambassador to Mexico Klaled Abdelrahaman Abdellatif Shamaa and his wife Radwa Abd el Aziz hosted a diplomatic reception at their Bosques de Chapultepec residence on Tuesday, July 19, to commemorate the anniversary of the 1952 military coup that led to the end of the Egyptian monarchy and the birth of the modern republic. In a brief

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Peruvian Photo Exhibit to Open along Avenida Reforma

PULSE NEWS MEXICO An exhibition of 30 large-format photographs of Peru and Amazonia is slated to open on Friday, July 22, along Avenida Paseo de la Reforma along the Walk of the Friendly Cultures, located between the Ahuehuete Roundabout and Avenida Insurgentes. The images, which are being presented by the Peruvian Embassy in Mexico in cooperation with the Mexico City

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North America Is the Key to Central America

OPINION By MATTHEW ROONEY Part of an ongoing series from the Wilson Center* America’s engagement in international trade and global manufacturing supply chains is the cornerstone of the power and prosperity of the United States. The rising chorus of voices arguing that a “go-it-alone” industrial policy will make the United States more secure and more prosperous have misunderstood this simple fact.

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Effective, Reciprocal Labor Enforcement Is Essential for USMCA

OPINION By ÁLVARO SANTOS Part of an ongoing series from the Wilson Center* The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) was born from a threat and a promise. The threat was to eliminate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) altogether despite the huge regional market it helped create. The promise was to make that market more beneficial to the United States, and,

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