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September 30, 2025

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Smith Ramos: Mexico, U.S., Canada headed for long fight over energy

By Margaret Spiegelman  / July 26, 2022 at 5:23 PM
Energy policies pushed by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador collided last week with the country’s commitments under the U.S.-Mexico Canada Agreement when the U.S. -- and then Canada -- requested consultations with Mexico under USMCA, setting off what a former senior Mexican trade negotiator says will be a long, fraught dispute. “What we’re seeing is a virtual train crash between his vision of how to develop Mexico -- and the energy sector in particular -- and commitments and obligations...

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