Nearshoring picked up steam when the covid-19 pandemic exposed the considerable risks inherent in the supply chains for numerous critically important products and intermediate goods for which there was often a single supplier
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In a statement, the government said that “the supply and production of white corn in our country are important factors in determining its price and, therefore, also that of the various consumer products made from it, mainly tortillas”
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By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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OPINION By JOHN BURZAWA, SOPHIE EGAR and EARL ANTHONY WAYNE Part of an ongoing series from the Wilson Center* The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) provides continent-wide rules, norms and problem-solving processes that can help the three-member countries to continue the trade and coproduction system established under its predecessor, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). But if the USMCA is to
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OPINION By GUILLERMO VOGEL and PATRICK OTTENSMEYER U.S. and Mexican officials met in Mexico City on Monday, Sept. 12, to hold a second edition of the re-launched U.S.-Mexico High-Level Economic Dialogue (HLED). Created in 2013, the HLED has historically served as a forum through which both governments advance the strategic economic and commercial priorities for their countries. On the agenda
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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OPINION By RICARDO CASTILLO For four Mexican opposition political parties, it is the lull before the storm, scheduled for Sunday, June 5, when elections for governor will be held in six states. For sure the leaders of those parties are keeping up the competitive spirit, claiming the candidates they support will come out victors, a hope contenders claim is wishful
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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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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai asked Mexico on Wednesday, May 18, to investigate claims that workers at a Panasonic auto parts factory in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, had been denied their basic labor rights. The complaint, rooted in efforts to improve workplace conditions in Mexico compared to those in the United States and Canada, represented
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XINHUA Mexico and China have made significant gains from cooperation in trade and other areas since the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations 50 years ago, Mexican Economy Secretary Tatiana Clouthier said last week. “We are very pleased” with the “significant achievements that have been cultivated over time,” Clouthier said in an interview with the Chinese news agency Xinhua. “China is
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