A year after NAFTA 2.0 negotiations ended and with the U.S. election around the corner, “The legislative days are ticking away,” says AS/COA’s vice president.
"I don’t know whether it's healthy to say [the Obama-Biden administration] confronted [Maduro] or not," AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth said to the Miami Herald.
Despite some short-term benefits, trade deviation to the region shouldn’t be expected to last.
"Linking immigration with trade is something that we and the Mexicans have long resisted," said AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth in The New Yorker.
What are potential consequences for the White House's escalating-tariff proposal? COA Trade Advisory Group members, diplomats, and others share their views.
The White House’s proposal to raise tariffs would hit states like Michigan and Texas the hardest, along with sectors like trucks and vegetables—over an issue Mexico is already addressing.
Amid tensions over U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose escalating tariffs on Mexican imports, Council of the Americas convened experts to discuss potential economic repercussions and dangers for the bilateral relationship.
