Mexico & Nafta
Mexico & Nafta - June 2019
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- Introduction
Politics
- Fresh developments in Mexico’s Odebrecht probe
Politics & Economy
- Medicine supply contracts part of Mexico’s growing healthcare crisis
- Mexican house of cards: the energy sector regulator drama
- Highly ideological national development plan lacks well-defined policies
Economy
- Mexico-Argentina car export treaty extended ahead of potential FTA
Highlights
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
Mexico & Nafta - May 2019
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- Introduction
Politics
- Internal discord threatens to check Morena momentum
- Tensions with US prompt Mexico U-turn on migration policy
Politics & Economy
- López Obrador remains obstinate in the face of mounting woes at Pemex
Economy
- Low labour productivity means long hours for Mexican workers
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
The Regional Report: Mexico & Nafta for May provides an overview on some of the most pressing political, economic, and foreign policy challenges facing the government led by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
Mexico & Nafta - April 2019
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- Introduction
Economy
- Could improving labour rights encourage Mexican workers to stay at home?
Security
- The president’s promised drop in homicides still pending
Politics & Security
- López Obrador takes on ‘the 43’
Politics
- Sheinbaum encouraged by first 100 days as CDMX mayor
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
The April edition of the Regional Report: Mexico & Nafta includes articles on subjects that have become persistent issues in the country, which the authorities have yet to resolve.
Mexico & Nafta - March 2019
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- Introduction
Energy & Politics
- Power plants generating nothing but controversy
Economy
- US suspends tomato agreement as trade war looms
Security & Economy
- Mexico fuelling US fentanyl crisis
Security
- Fallout from El Chapo’s trial: who’s next?
- Illegal Mexico gun sales land Heckler & Koch a heavy fine
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
The March edition of the Regional Report: Mexico & Nafta contains articles on various issues that look likely to shape the Mexican government’s agenda in coming months.
Mexico & Nafta - February 2019
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- Introduction
Security
- López Obrador takes on Mexico’s fuel thieves
- Desertion crisis a crucial test for López Obrador’s national guard
Security & Politics
- The numbers battle: López Obrador, homicides and the role of the press
Politics
- Governor’s sudden death compounds main opposition party’s problems
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
It may only be the second month of the year and just the third month that Andrés Manuel López Obrador has been in office, but his government is already starting to face some considerable challenges.
Mexico & Nafta - January 2019
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- Introduction
Security
- A new plan for a perennial problem
- The trial of El Chapo and Mexican politics
Politics
- The possibility of decriminalising abortion in Mexico
Economy
- Mexico City’s water shortages illustrate urgent need for policy overhaul
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
With Andrés Manuel López Obrador now firmly at the helm of the Mexican government, the January edition of the Regional Report: Mexico & Nafta takes a look at some of the issues that have concentrated the attention in the first weeks of the new administration.