A two-part essay on why, despite serious missteps, there's cause to be optimistic about Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s presidency.
"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.
These tariffs could jeopardize relations with an important U.S. economic partner while hurting American consumers.
"We are going down a path that requires essentially Mexico at a political level to react negatively," said AS/COA vice president about the U.S. - Mexico commercial relations.
