A Pressing Agenda for AMLO and Biden
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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The USMCA and Pacta Sunt Servanda
OPINION By ANTONIO ORTIZ-MENA Part of an ongoing series from the Wilson Center* It is striking that, more than a quarter century after the North American Free Trade Agreement’s (NAFTA) entry into force, it is still necessary to provide a business case for deeper North American cooperation on economics and beyond, but that is where we are. After the 1989 Canada-U.S.
Read moreMaking North America a Clean Energy Leader
OPINION By GOLDY HYDER Part of an ongoing series from the Wilson Center* Just like the covid-19 virus, the devastating effects of climate change know no borders. Flooding, forest fires and other extreme weather-related natural disasters are now regularly wreaking havoc on communities across North America. The costs of these catastrophes are measured not only in dollars and pesos, but in
Read moreBuilding North America through Digital Commerce
OPINION By IÑIGO FERNÁNDEZ BAPTISTA Part of an ongoing series from the Wilson Center* In 2006 — more than 16 years ago — in the midst of the bird flu, Jeffrey Staples published an article in Harvard Business Review stating that a pandemic could become the single greatest threat to business continuity. That prediction took solid form with the covid-19 pandemic
Read moreSustainability Is Key to North America’s Near-Shoring Potential
OPINION By CARLOS PASCUAL Part of an ongoing series from the Wilson Center* General Motors stated in November 2021, just seven months after announcing plans to invest $1 billion in electric vehicle production in Mexico, that “Mexico won’t be a destination for foreign investment” unless it provides a solid legal basis to “meet our objective of having zero emissions in the
Read moreCFE Set to Collaborate with Private Sector in Electricity Reform
By KELIN DILLON In the first of a set of constitutional reforms proposed by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), Mexico’s upcoming electricity reform will see the state-owned Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) collaborate with the country’s private sector on power plants, though the CFE will ultimately own the majority of projects. Within the proposal, the private sector is encouraged
Read moreSnowfall Causes Blackouts in Northern Mexico
By KELIN DILLON Power outages on the morning of Monday, Feb. 16, left 4.7 million Mexican homes in the northern Mexican states of Coahuila, Nuevo León, Chihuahua, and Tamaulipas without lights or energy, following freezing temperatures that even led to snowfall in parts of the country. Outages also afflicted the United States in states bordering Mexico, like Texas, where 2.8
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