Mexico Program Fellow Gilberto García-Vazquez examines how the binding constraint on North American integration has shifted from tariffs to verification, and what that means for the Juárez–El Paso corridor.
Since returning to the White House in 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump has put the fentanyl crisis at the center of U.S. policy toward Latin America.
North American competitiveness and resilience to geopolitical and climate disruptions increasingly depend on whether the region can co-design and co-locate its digital and manufacturing supply chains, so they reinforce rather than constrain one another. This approach provides a new paradigm and framework, one based on “ring-fencing” supply chains. Alongside efforts to shift factories closer to home and secure physical inputs, it is equally important to create trusted rules and interoperable systems for data, cloud, and digital services that now sit inside every physical product, production infrastructure, and process.
President Sheinbaum has been unable to reform Mexico’s electoral code. She failed to pass a bill that sought to modify the proportional representation system and reduce public financing for political parties. Many critics argued that the reform was intended to weaken pluralism in Mexico. Two weeks ago, Mexico’s Congress rejected the proposal.
The starting point for understanding the current moment in the U.S.–Mexico economic relationship is trade. Over the past three decades, bilateral exports have expanded at a pace that few regional partnerships in the world can match.
The January 3 U.S. operation to arrest Venezuelan president Nicholas Maduro on drug trafficking charges sent shock waves throughout Latin America. These were particularly pronounced in Mexico, given President Trump’s associated comment that the U.S. needs to “do something about Mexico”, where drug cartels “run the country”.
In this article, the author evaluates the first year of Sheinbaum’s security strategy, focusing on the duality of her security approach.
1. Introduction The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), the Mexican Ministry of Economy, and the Canadian authorities formally launched public consultations in advance
North America’s next phase of integration will depend less on megaprojects and trade volumes than on the systems that connect firms—recognized test results across borders, supplier visibility, and coordinated procurement. Using tools like Border Value to map mid‑chain components, policymakers can build cross‑border learning networks that deepen industrial ties and turn existing scale into capability.
This article examines the contemporary consequences of anthropogenic modifications and climate-induced environmental changes on the Colorado River and the Rio Grande, highlighting their growing social, economic, and public health impacts on surrounding populations.
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