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May 20, 2022

Are Mexico’s Energy Policies Breaking USMCA Rules?

The United States and Canada have requested dispute settlement consultations with Mexico, arguing its energy policies favor state power utility Comisión Federal de Electricidad. The company’s director, Manuel Bartlett, is pictured. // File Photo: Comisión Federal de Electricidad.

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Arturo Sarukhan, board member of the Inter-American Dialogue and former Mexican ambassador to the United States: “Washington and Ottawa are rightly concerned about López Obrador’s energy policies and his backward-looking paradigm on fossil fuels, renewables and, ultimately, climate change and the global commons. Yes, they do indeed—despite his protestations to the contrary—run counter to Mexico’s commitments under USMCA, to which he signed on to as president-elect during the renegotiation of NAFTA, and which his government subsequently enacted after congressional ratification with a majority by Morena, the president’s party. But they also seriously affect and undermine the United States’ strategic recalibration vis-à-vis China. North America’s energy security, efficiency, resilience…”

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