US Ready to Give Mexico Ultimatum on Energy

Bipartisan calls for the United States to toughen its position on Mexico’s energy policies have intensified as a war of words has taken shape between the two governments
Read moreBipartisan calls for the United States to toughen its position on Mexico’s energy policies have intensified as a war of words has taken shape between the two governments
Read moreIn accordance with the USMCA, the United States must now come to an agreement with Canada and Mexico on how to apply the panel decision or face possible retaliatory tariffs
Read moreBy EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreAMLO appealed to Biden to “follow the example” of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who López Obrador said has already agreed to use the new terminal for his arrival at the NALS
Read moreOPINION By ERIC FARNSWORTH and EARL ANTHONY WAYNE North America was trending in the midterm elections, although you may have missed it. Think about the top campaign issues in races across the country: economic recovery and job creation, inflation, the price of gasoline, immigration, border security, increasing crime and suffering in communities devastated by fentanyl and other drugs. With the
Read moreBy EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreOPINION 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
Read morePULSE NEWS MEXICO Both U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are slated to make their first official visits to Mexico in those capacities in early January to attend the North American Leaders Summit (NALS), which will be hosted by Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) starting on Jan. 9. During his daily press conference on
Read moreBy EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreOPINION 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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