USMCA Shifts into High Gear
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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Mexico’s Ongoing Opium War: Genesis of the Poppy Problem
By KELIN DILLON Mexico has cemented itself in recent history as the world’s largest provider of illegal heroin to the United States, contributing to the northern country’s opioid crisis and exacerbating the southern country’s issues with narcotrafficking. As conversation increases more and more about Mexico’s potential decriminalization of opium production, it’s important now more than ever to understand how
Read moreMexico Lowers Ethanol Levels in Gasoline
By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE), as mandated by a court order, authorized a reduction in gasoline’s ethanol content, which acts as an oxygenating agent, from 10 percent to 5.8 percent, to be implemented on March 10, which experts say will raise the gasoline’s pollution level. The Mexican Association for Sustainable Mobility recommends the use of 10 percent
Read moreAmerican Chamber Calls AMLO’s Power Bill Giant Step Backwards
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The American Chamber of Commerce in Mexico (Amcham) said Friday, Feb. 5, that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) proposed electricity reform bill “represents a giant step backwards for the sector’s ability to compete, the nation’s state of law and sustainable development for the country.” In a written statement, the business organization pointed out
Read moreUSMCA Challenges in the Age of Covid-19
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreUSMCA Takes Effect
XINHUA The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) officially entered into force on Wednesday, July 1, replacing the 26-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). “Today marks the beginning of a new and better chapter for trade between the United States, Mexico and Canada,” U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer said in a statement, adding that the USMCA contains “significant improvements and
Read moreNeither AMLO nor Trump Are Diplomats, So What?
By RICARDO CASTILLO At the last minute, the Mexican Chamber of Deputies is scrambling to have ready the final approval of regulations for the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) that will go into effect on Wednesday, July 1. On Monday, the Federal Gazette published the approval of the agreement by the Mexican Senate. In the meantime, on Monday, June 29, Foreign
Read moreThe USMCA in the Time of Covid
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreFuture of the North American Workforce in a Covid-19 Scenario
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreMexico News Roundup
By RICARDO CASTILLO Sener Presents Blueprint for CFE and Pemex The Mexican Energy Secretariat (Sener) made public a blueprint of a plan to diminish the use of renewable energy from producers in order to strengthen the battered finances of the state-owned Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) and oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex). With this still-unapproved document, the Sener said it hopes
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