Alfredo Jalife Arrested, Released on Defamation Charges
Former Secretary of the Economy Tatiana Clouthier accused Jalife of committing defamation against her back in December 2022
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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
Read moreBusiness Leaders from Both Sides of Border Want Competitive North America
OPINION By GUILLERMO VOGEL and PATRICK OTTENSMEYER U.S. and Mexican officials met in Mexico City on Monday, Sept. 12, to hold a second edition of the re-launched U.S.-Mexico High-Level Economic Dialogue (HLED). Created in 2013, the HLED has historically served as a forum through which both governments advance the strategic economic and commercial priorities for their countries. On the agenda
Read moreAn Acid Test for the USMCA
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreCanada Expresses ‘Concern’ over Mexico’s Investment Climate
PULSE NEWS MEXICO After Canadian Trade Minister Mary Ng met with Mexico’s Economy Secretary Tatiana Clouthier for bilateral trade talks in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Thursday, July 7, Ottawa expressed serious concerns about the current investment climate in Mexico, especially for the energy and mining sectors, as well as regards biotechnology development. The one-day talks were intended to
Read moreSeeking a Revitalized North American Vision
OPINION By COLIN ROBERTSON Part of an ongoing series from the Wilson Center* Like globalization and the rules-based multilateral order, the North American idea risks falling victim to larger geopolitical forces. But even in the absence of energetic political leadership, we can still make progress, by building on existing initiatives, to the mutual benefit of all three nations, Canada, the
Read moreMorena Is Becoming its Own Worst Enemy
By JESSICA GUERRERO MORELIA, Michoacán — Mexican politics have always been distinguished by their dynamism and unpredictability. Year after year, new political alternatives arise, new players emerge and new ideologies evolve. The centralist Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which for more than seven decades maintained control of the country’s presidency during the 20th century, finally succumbed to a desire for change when
Read moreBritain Opens Free-Trade Talks with Mexico
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The British government on Friday, May 20, announced that it has begun preliminary negotiations with Mexico to establish a bilateral free-trade agreement. According to British Trade Minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan, using as a template the European Union-Mexico agreement that was negotiated over two decades ago, the United Kingdom, which ceased to be included in that
Read moreUS Trade Rep Lodges Third Labor Dispute with Mexico
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai asked Mexico on Wednesday, May 18, to investigate claims that workers at a Panasonic auto parts factory in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, had been denied their basic labor rights. The complaint, rooted in efforts to improve workplace conditions in Mexico compared to those in the United States and Canada, represented
Read moreUS Claims $10 Billion in Lost Investment with AMLO’s Energy Reform
By KELIN DILLON In a letter sent by U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai to Mexico’s Secretary of the Economy Tatiana Clouthier on Thursday, March 31, the United States has now claimed that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) controversial energy reform has put $10 billion of U.S. investment at risk, particularly when considering the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) treaty.
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