By RICARDO CASTILLO The Mexican Senate approved by an overwhelming majority on Wednesday, June 19, the new United States-Mexico- Canada Agreement (USMCA) that will replace the 25-year-old and outdated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). In an extraordinary session, the 128-member Senate discussed the nature of the document, which was negotiated and signed by former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto
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By RICARDO CASTILLO On Thursday, May 30, Mexico’s Senate received from President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) a request to complete the last step in the ratification of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). “This is the only missing procedure,” AMLO said during the presentation of the proposed agreement at the National Palace during his daily morning press conference, “and in
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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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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
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By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mexico’s outgoing president, Enrique Peña Nieto, U.S. President Donald. J. Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau signed the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) at a sidelines meeting during the two-day G-20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Friday, Nov. 30. Notwithstanding, there is no guarantee that the USMCA will ever go into effect. The new agreement,
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto is leaving office with a bang. Today, Friday, Nov. 30, he is in Buenos Aires meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to sign the would-be final draft of the new North American Free Trade Agreement, or whatever it is called nowadays. (I say would-be because on
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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By RICARDO CASTILLO With Canada joining the newly drafted United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the stage is set for the leaders of the three nations to sign the accord, once their respective senates have revised it. It is generally thought that the signing ceremony, if there is one, will be circa Nov. 29 or 30, 2018. On Wednesday. Oct. 3, U.S. President Donald Trump
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