USMCA Stability Sorely Needed
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
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Supporting Prosperity by Approving the New USMCA
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreMessage to Trump: Don’t Mix Migration and Trade
By RICARDO CASTILLO An event that went almost unnoticed in the Mexican media on Thursday, April 4, was the meeting between World Trade Organization (WTO) director general Roberto Azevêdo and Mexican Economy Secretary Graciela Márquez Colín. The main reason why this meeting was not given the press coverage that it should have been afforded was because it was overshadowed by the
Read moreUSMCA Signed at G-20 Summit, But…
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mexico’s outgoing president, Enrique Peña Nieto, U.S. President Donald. J. Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau signed the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) at a sidelines meeting during the two-day G-20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Friday, Nov. 30. Notwithstanding, there is no guarantee that the USMCA will ever go into effect. The new agreement,
Read moreUSMCA Is Uncharted Territory for Signature Nations
By RICARDO CASTILLO With Canada joining the newly drafted United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the stage is set for the leaders of the three nations to sign the accord, once their respective senates have revised it. It is generally thought that the signing ceremony, if there is one, will be circa Nov. 29 or 30, 2018. On Wednesday. Oct. 3, U.S. President Donald Trump
Read moreHardball Trade Tactics Will Leave US Workers Battered and Bruised
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreIs Trump Putting NAFTA on Life Support?
By RICARDO CASTILLO U.S. President Donald Trump’s claimed that his reason for slapping Canada, Mexico and the European Union with tariffs on steel and aluminum was a matter of “national security.” Definitely, the response from all of the nations in question — friendly allies all of them — is that Trump’s reason is pure, unadulterated humbug. None of the affected and definitely offended leaders liked
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
Read moreReturn to the TPP: Trump Realizes Trade Deal Aligns with Goals on China
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read morePacific Nations Leave US in Rearview Mirror on Trade
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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