Member countries Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru account for 39 percent of Latin America’s GDP and 54 percent of the region’s global trade.

Despite the discordant opening round, NAFTA negotiations need not end badly, write COA’s Trade Advisory Group Co-Chairs Jose W. Fernandez and Christopher Padilla for The Hill.

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.

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 Mexico readies to host the next NAFTA round, the Peterson Institute’s Gary Hufbauer covers the big ticket items for talks.

The rise in remittances is putting more pesos in Mexicans’ pockets.

As NAFTA talks get underway, Mexico’s latest big oil finds are a sharp reminder of the benefits of open energy investments, writes AS/COA’s Naki Mendoza in Financial Times' beyondbrics.