Biden and AMLO meeting in 2012

Biden and AMLO meeting in 2012. (Obama White House Archives)

LatAm in Focus: What’s on the Horizon for U.S.-Mexico Ties in a Biden Administration

By Carin Zissis

COMEXI President and Mexican ex-Deputy Minister for North America Sergio Alcocer covers how the two governments will handle trade, security, immigration, and more.

"Probably—being very pragmatic, both of them—the best would be to meet at the border."

Alcocer, who served as deputy minister for North America in Mexico’s Foreign Ministry during the time Biden was vice president, shared insights for what both governments should expect in terms of working with each other. “Biden knows very well what's going on in Latin America,” he says, adding: “Mexico, in my opinion, needs to realize that the one that benefits the most with a good relation between the United States and Mexico, is Mexico.”

Given that AMLO rarely leaves his country, where will the two leaders first meet in person? Alcocer suggests a symbolic choice. “The best would be to meet at the border,” he says. “This would be a very interesting place for Biden to say, ‘We don't want a wall. We don't need a wall.’" 

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Katie Hopkins produced this episode. The music in this podcast was performed at Americas Society in New York. Learn more about upcoming concerts at musicoftheamericas.org.

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