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Mexico & Nafta - May 2016 (ISSN 1741-444X)

Evolving ties with the US and EU

The process of appointing a new ambassador to Mexico has finally been completed in the US. Such was the protracted nature of the appointment of Roberta Jacobson, who was confirmed by the US Senate more than nine months after her nomination, that the Mexican government replaced its ambassador to the US twice in the interim. Carlos Sada has taken over from Miguel Basáñez, an academic whose lack of diplomatic experience and political contacts had been exposed in the failure to mitigate the impact of the xenophobic sentiments expressed by the US Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, during his divisive electoral campaign.

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