"[Los tres países] se apegaron al cronograma de implementación el primero de julio, a pesar de la pandemia", dijo Carin Zissis de AS/COA.
"The pandemic has decimated the regional and global economy at the very moment that USMCA is promising to spur economic growth," writes AS Board Member Antonio Garza for BRINK.
Never mind the pandemic: Andrés Manuel López Obrador is making his first international trip since taking office. There will be layovers.
"This shift towards greater online commerce and digital trade is expected to continue," writes Google's Karan Bhatia in The Business Times.
Mexico stands to capitalize on the nearshoring trend, but it will need to cooperate better with the private sector.
“The USMCA didn’t contemplate the pandemic,” says the AS/COA senior director. The North American trade pact was implemented on July 1.
The economy was shrinking long before the virus arrived.