US House Democrat Free Trade Working Group Meets with AMLO
By RICARDO CASTILLO … It’d seem that at the Democrat-controlled U.S. House of Representatives, Thanksgiving is the make-or-break deadline for approving the USMCA…
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US Congressmen, Pompeo Will Spend Weekend in Mexico City
By RICARDO CASTILLO Regardless of the fact that the United States still does not have an ambassador in Mexico, diplomatic relations are intensifying to the point that this coming weekend there are two mini-summits planned that will deal with some of the many pressing issues between the two nations. First, Mexican Foreign Relations Undersecretary for North America Jesús Seade Kuri
Read moreUSMCA Stability Sorely Needed
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
Read moreMexican, US Negotiators Meet to Talk Tarriffs
By RICARDO CASTILLO U.S. President Donald J. Trump is off visiting the queen in England, but he did not forget that he’s got a bone to pick with Mexico. And to remind everyone that “President Trump is dead serious about taxing Mexican imports,” he left behind acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvane, who on Sunday, June 2, kept
Read moreSupporting Prosperity by Approving the New USMCA
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreUSMCA: Where Do We Go from Here?
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreCanada Is Left Out in the Cold, For Now
By RICARDO CASTILLO After the storm comes the calm. On Friday, Aug. 31, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer sent to Congress the done free-trade agreement between Mexico and the United States, leaving Canada out of the deal…for the moment. Talks between Lighthizer and Canadian NAFTA negotiator Chrystia Freeland at the end of the day did not go sour, but the two could
Read moreWaiting for Canada to Join the Pack
By RICARDO CASTILLO Hold the tequila! During the bilateral U.S.-Mexico celebration on Monday, Aug. 27, because the administrations of Donald Trump and Enrique Peña Nieto had come to agreement, Mexico’s Peña Nieto invited The Don to a tequila toast that the U.S. president referred as to the new Mexico-U.S. Trade Agreement. In fact, Mexico’s still greenhorn diplomat, Foreign Relations Secretary Luis
Read moreDo-or-Die Time for NAFTA Negotiators
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreNAFTA Enters into Last Leg of Renegotiations
By RICARDO CASTILLO A critical stretch of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) renegotiations between Canada, the United States and Mexico begins today, May 7, and may or may not last long. According to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, if negotiators don’t come to a deal in the upcoming three weeks, talks will certainly come to a standstill until
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