US-Mexico Ties: Temperatures Rising
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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Experts Condemn AMLO’s Aim to Withdraw from the USMCA
OPINION By KELIN DILLON After a continued period of tension between Mexico, Canada and the United States over Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) controversial energy policies, which directly violate portions of the free-trade United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), and his continued public rhetoric against foreign and private investment, López Obrador has now publicly floated the idea of Mexico reneging
Read moreMexico Violates USMCA Treaty, Says Former Negotiators
By MARK LORENZANA According to former negotiators and specialists in a report by Mexican daily newspaper El Universal on Sunday, July 24, Mexico specifically violated Chapters 14, 15, 22 and 32 of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). When the government of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) accepted Chapters 14, 15, 22 and 32 of the agreement — titled
Read moreBiden to AMLO: Immigration Issue Must Be a Joint Effort
By MARK LORENZANA The immigration issue needs to be a joint effort between Mexico and the United States, U.S. President Joe Biden told his Mexican counterpart, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), during their conversation at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, Tuesday, July 12. López Obrador urged Biden to adapt an aggressive program to resolve immigration
Read moreNorth American Manufacturing Can Reduce China Dependency
OPINION By GUILLERMO E. JASSON Part of an ongoing series from the Wilson Center* As some of China’s competitive advantages erode, North America (NA) has an opportunity to reposition itself as an attractive alternative to the Asian giant to manufacture for local and international companies. This repositioning could attract foreign investment, create jobs and stimulate economic growth in NA, improving the
Read moreGeopolitical Tensions, North American Opportunities
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
Read moreArrests May Boost Cooperation
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
Read moreUSMCA Challenges in the Age of Covid-19
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreNeither AMLO nor Trump Are Diplomats, So What?
By RICARDO CASTILLO At the last minute, the Mexican Chamber of Deputies is scrambling to have ready the final approval of regulations for the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) that will go into effect on Wednesday, July 1. On Monday, the Federal Gazette published the approval of the agreement by the Mexican Senate. In the meantime, on Monday, June 29, Foreign
Read moreThe Urgent Need to Bolster U.S.-Mexico Security Cooperation
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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