The Strategic Link Between USMCA and Critical Minerals
North American security requires that critical minerals be part of trade negotiations, writes a former Mexican ambassador to the U.S.
The concept of North American security has undergone a quiet but profound transformation over the past decade. What was primarily understood, particularly after 9/11, in military and counter-terrorism terms—the protection of borders, interception of threats, coordination of intelligence—has expanded into an integrated geoeconomic framework in which trade policy, energy infrastructure, supply-chain architecture, and mineral endowments are now explicitly recognized as elements of national and regional security for all three countries. This transformation is not merely rhetorical. It...
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