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September 22, 2022

What Did the U.S. & Mexico Accomplish in High-Level Talks?

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador met with U.S. officials including Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo this month during high-level talks in Mexico City. // Photo: @SecBlinken via Twitter.

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Michael C. Camuñez, president & CEO of Monarch Global Strategies, former U.S. assistant secretary of commerce and principal architect of the U.S.-Mexico High Level Economic Dialogue: “The HLED was born in 2013 from the recognition that our two nations desperately need an appropriate platform to discuss, at the highest levels, strategic issues related to our long-term global competitiveness. The reality is that Mexico historically had not received the attention it deserved in Washington. More recently, painful supply chain disruptions from the pandemic, together with increasing tensions with China, have highlighted the value and importance of this key bilateral relationship. The passage of the CHIPS and IRA bills now creates an urgent and compelling reason for the HLED to kick into action. In short, the HLED may finally be realizing its highest potential, helping the United States and Mexico to…”

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