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.
Pamela K. Starr explores how the Trump administration’s coercive trade, security, and migration policies are reshaping the century-old “Autonomy within Limits” accord, straining U.S.–Mexico relations but ultimately pointing toward a new, more restrictive balance of power.
Mexico’s position in the global trade realignment could be pivotal, opening a path toward a more sovereign and resilient economy. The same forces that exposed its vulnerabilities have also revealed its potential. As trade becomes more politicized and fragmented, success will depend not only on specialization but also on alignment—industrial, geographic, and strategic—with the emerging logic of regional economic security.
This briefing offers an update on remittance growth in Mexico for 2024 by looking past trends as well as key issues. Additionally, the memo shows how government policy has sought to intervene at the point of sending or receiving in certain ways, and that the overall upward trend is sustained by migration and remittance frequency. Lastly, the memo signals a slowdown in principal sent that is partly associated with microeconomic inflationary trends.
The following note reviews some of the factors driving recent growth in remittances sent to Mexico.
Tower deployment has been growing steadily in Latin America. In this article, the authors discuss telecommunications tower infrastructure in the region.
Will Latin America’s critical minerals spur a “green resource curse” this century? What kinds of policy tools are available to mitigate the risks?
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