Clouthier: Concerns about Mexico’s energy sector and USMCA premature

U.S. concerns that new energy-sector legislation in Mexico could conflict with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement are premature, Mexican Economy Minister Tatiana Clouthier tells Inside U.S. Trade. U.S. lawmakers recently have raised alarms about new legislation in Mexico they say violates USMCA by hindering U.S. companies’ access to the country’s hydrocarbon and renewable-energy markets. At issue are reforms, pushed by the Lopez Obrador administration, that some lawmakers say give preference to Mexico’s national energy companies -- Petróleos Mexicanos, or PEMEX, and...