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Mexico, US Energy Talks Will Face Bumpy Road Ahead

By KELIN DILLON Following a joint energy trade consultation held in Washington, D.C., between Wednesday, Nov. 30, and Thursday, Dec. 1, Mexican Secretary of the Economy Raquel Buenrostro and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai announced a number of potential proposals to address Mexico and the United States’ ongoing dispute on Mexican energy policy – including potential “tri-national working groups” –

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The Tough Job of Unlocking the USMCA’s Full Potential

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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Clouthier Resigns as Economy Secretary, Buenrostro Replaces Her

By MARK LORENZANA Mexico’s Secretary of Economy Tatiana Clouthier has resigned from her post, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced on the morning of Thursday, Oct. 6, in his daily press conference. “I regret to inform you that I received a letter from Tatiana, in which she tells me that she wants to resign from her post, but not

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AMLO Proposes to Eliminate Proof of Tax Situation

By MARK LORENZANA Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) said on Monday, June 27, that he will request Raquel Buenrostro, head of Mexico’s Tax Administration Service (SAT), to review the requirements on the submission of proof of tax status for taxpayers, in a bid to simplify procedures. López Obrador proposed that the SAT eliminate this requirement altogether, given the

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AMLO May Have Committed Crime by Revealing Journalist’s Alleged Income

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Civil organizations, prosecutors and lawyers on Friday, Feb. 11, condemned Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) for publicly disclosing the alleged income of journalist Carlos Loret de Mola and warned that it constitutes a federal crime. During his the morning press conference in Hermosillo, Sonora, Friday morning, AMLO displayed a slide with a

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Mexican Senate Shoots Down ‘Big Brother’ Surveillance Bill

By KYLIE MADRY A controversial proposal by Mexico’s Treasury Secretariat that would have allowed Tax Administration Service (SAT) auditors to take photos and videos during auditing visits was shot down by the Senate late Thursday, Oct. 30, after having slid through the country’s lower legislative house earlier in the week. The bill had caused worry among many Mexican taxpayers, especially

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