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Mexico - July 2021
Introduction
The July Latin American Regional Report: Mexico contains articles on the first anniversary of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) on regional trade; recent monetary policy adjustments to address inflation; and the plans to develop a national lithium industry. It also looks at the impact that violence had on the recent midterm elections; and the problems that the Mexican government continues to face to procure and distribute medicines.
- Introduction
- Complaints over labour conditions in Mexico mar USMCA anniversary
- Banxico decision to raise interest rates highlights inflation concerns
- Lithium production remains unlikely despite official efforts to boost it
- Organised crime drives electoral violence, influences elections
- Still afflicted by a shortage of medicines
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS