MONTERREY, MEXICO (By Isaac Silvestre, Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Jul.2026, Words: 300) — The United State Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA) will remain in effect until 2036, according to La Jornada, citing Mexico’s economy secretary Marcelo Ebrard. This, after the 3 signatory countries held a trilateral meeting stipulated in the treaty and agreed, […]
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Mexican goods complying with USMCA rules to be exempt from Section 301 tariffs
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Jun.2026, Words: ) — Mexico’s Ministry of Economy confirmed goods complying with the rules of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) would be exempt from the proposed tariffs imposed on 60 countries as part of an investigation conducted under Section 301. This, […]
Sheinbaum takes aim at zero tariffs during USMCA negotiations
MONTERREY, MEXICO (By Isaac Silvestre, Energy Analytics Institute, 21.Mar.2026, Words: 165) —Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum, speaking about the imminent review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), formerly known as the North American Free Trade Agreement or NAFTA, affirmed that her top priority is to have zero tariffs on the automotive, […]
Trump-Sheinbaum Call Positive for Mexico, Sheinbaum Says
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Mar.2025) — Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo said her country was treated with great respect during her call with US president  Donald Trump. The end result: Mexico will not be required to pay tariffs on products that fall within the United States Mexico […]
Sheinbaum Says Southward Extension of North American Trade Deal Necessary
(Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 17.Dec.2024) — Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo said unity between her country and other progressive countries in Latin America was important as well as an extension of trade deals between North America and the rest of the American continent. Sheinbaum, speaking 17 Dec. 2024 during […]
FACT SHEET: US-Mexico bilateral relations
(Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, 16.Sep.2024, Words: 3,670) — Mexico remains one of the United States’ closest and most valued partners, with a 2,000-mile shared border containing 47 active land ports of entry, and a shared history that has established deep cultural and people-to-people ties over 200 years of diplomatic relations. […]
Mexico’s AMLO Takes Office With Attack on Energy Overhaul
(Bloomberg, Nacha Cattan and Eric Martin, 1.Dec.2018) — After decades of waiting, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador punctuated his arrival as Mexico’s president with a bang, delivering a blistering attack on the energy industry overhaul passed under his predecessor and a broader excoriation of efforts to privatize industry. Speaking at the […]
AMLO Says NAFTA Preserves Energy ‘Sovereignty’
(Reuters, 28.Aug.2018) — Mexican president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador welcomed a deal between Mexico and the U.S. to overhaul the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that he said preserved Mexican “sovereignty” in the energy sector. The U.S.-Mexico deal was announced by U.S. President Donald Trump on Aug. 27, putting […]
Gas Producers Counting on Mexico Have Worries
(Houston Chronicle, Katherine Blunt, 24.Aug.2018) — For years, U.S. producers have counted on Mexico to buy enormous quantities of natural gas from the prolific shale fields in West Texas and elsewhere. The fracking boom has given rise to massive pipeline projects to carry that gas across the border, where energy […]
Why Mexico’s Energy Reform Needs AMLO
(The Council on Foreign Relations, Amy Myers Jaffe, 20.Jun.2018) – Mexico’s energy reform has taken important first steps but to come to full fruition, several additional critical reforms remain to be designed and implemented, including another constitutional reform. The task of adopting and implementing new reforms is all the more […]
Mexico Energy Sector Faces Uncertainty
(Natural Gas Intelligence, Carolyn Davis, 14.Jun.2018) – Mexico’s historic energy reform launched four years ago may hit a few bumps if, as expected, left-wing presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is elected on July 1, but there’s no turning back now, experts said last week. At the 4th Mexico Gas […]