President Enrique Peña Nieto’s visit to China shows Mexico can diversify its economic relations beyond the United States, writes AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth for China-US Focus.
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As President Peña Nieto heads to the BRICS summit, AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth underlines that "this is an intentional effort of the president to show that Mexico has alternatives to the United States."
AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth said Trump's comments on Venezuela have become an unwanted distraction on WNYC's "The Takeaway".
Eric Farnsworth de AS/COA afirmó que Washington podría reducir sus importaciones de crudo venezolano, pero que buscará "medidas provisionales a falta de un embargo que, si se utiliza, profundizaría la crisis humanitaria existente".
Beijing should join a growing international consensus that’s working to forge a more sustainable path for Venezuela, writes AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth for China-US Focus.
"Venezuela is a petroleum exporting country, true. But the government has also destroyed every other avenue of economic gain in the country" explained AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth.
China has invested more than $60 billion, giving it a huge stake in Maduro’s survival.