Geopolitical Tensions, North American Opportunities
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
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Mexico’s Opposition Parties Hang Tight for Next Election
OPINION By RICARDO CASTILLO For four Mexican opposition political parties, it is the lull before the storm, scheduled for Sunday, June 5, when elections for governor will be held in six states. For sure the leaders of those parties are keeping up the competitive spirit, claiming the candidates they support will come out victors, a hope contenders claim is wishful
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 moreAMLO Accuses Opposition Deputies of Selling out the Nation
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF After his much-touted electricity reform bill — which would have prioritized state-run carbon-based energy sources over cleaner alternatives from private companies — was defeated in a historic vote at the Chamber of Deputies on Sunday, April 17, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) called all those legislators who voted against it “traitors to
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By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreBangladeshi Envoy Sees $500 Million in Sales to Mexico by 2024
By IMTIAZ AHMED DHAKA, Bangladesh — Although two-way combined trade between Mexico and Bangladesh currently amounts to less than $340 million a year, that country’s ambassador to Mexico said last week that the South Asian nation could be exporting as much as $500 million a year in readymade garments to the Latin American nation by the end of 2024. As
Read moreUS Envoy Warns Lawsuits Will Follow Electricity Bill Passage
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Just hours after Mexico’s Supreme Court (SCJN) declared President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) electricity reform bill “constitutional” (in a bizarre four in favor-seven against vote that somehow favored the ayes over the nays), U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar late Thursday, April 7, warned that if the electrical reform promoted by the president
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.
Read moreTrudeau Defends Canadian Businesses in Talks with AMLO
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF While Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) claimed on the afternoon of Tuesday, April 5, that his phone call with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau earlier in the day had been all smooth sailing, with Trudeau showing no opposition to his proposed electricity reform, the Canadian leader presented a very different interpretation of
Read moreKerry Meets with AMLO on Proposed Energy Bill, Again
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF In what constituted his third visit in the last five months, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Change John Kerry flew to Mexico on Thursday, March 31, to meet with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on the issue of his proposed electricity reform bill. Kerry, who, along with a delegation of nine U.S.
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