What’s in a name? In the case of the USMCA, some important, and much-needed upgrades to the 25-year old NAFTA. But as a negotiating strategy for future existing agreements it risks unpredictability.
From NAFTA to USMCA: Does a rose by any other name smell as sweet?
By Nicolás Albertoni, Sonum Patel and Madeline Zheng /
Economics, Trade & Development
¿Vamos hacia un TLCAN bilateral?
By Nicolás Albertoni and Victoria Gaytán /
Tras un año de negociaciones, los Estados Unidos y México concluyeron la revisión del Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte (TLCAN). Pero, ¿seguimos en el entendido de que estamos ante un acuerdo trilateral o vamos hacia un acuerdo bilateral?
Democracy & Elections
Mexico’s AMLO: A New Chavez or Lula?
By Joachim Bamrud /
Investors are anxious about whether Mexico’s next president will be more like Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez or Brazil’s Lula.
Economics, Trade & Development
Can India compete with China in Latin America? Not likely
By William Naylor / wm_naylor /
While the nature of the trade relationship between Latin America and India is similar to the Sino-Latin America relationship in its reliance on raw materials, hype over India as a potential alternative to China for the region is largely unfounded.
Democracy & Elections
Mexico: Dawn of a new era or a return to the past?
By Marta Ochman /
The real danger that has arisen from AMLO’s and MORENA’s landslide victories is not expropriation or authoritarianism, but disillusionment with unfulfilled promises and the persistence of corruption, poverty, and violence.
Democracy & Elections
Angry Mexico
By Juan Carlos Hidalgo and Ian Vásquez /
Instead of voting for a candidate with concrete policy proposals to improve a difficult situation, many Mexican voters seem to ready to say “screw the system—and everything else along with it.”
Human Rights & Multilateral Organizations
2018 Inter-American Court of Human Rights Candidate Bios
By William Naylor / wm_naylor /
The OAS has elected three new members to serve six-year terms on the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
Just the Facts
Dirty money: Illegal campaign finance and clientelism in Mexico
A new report reveals that, on average, illicit finance for a governor’s election is ten times higher than legal funding. Most of that money goes to buying votes and comes at a cost of political favoritism, sometimes to criminal groups.
Facts and Consequences
President Trump threatens to curtail development assistance from migrant-sending countries
By Christopher Sabatini / chrissabatini /
Here are three reasons why President Trump’s stated plan to reduce development assistance to countries that fail to reduce illegal immigration is not only nonsensical, but also dangerous.
Policymaking
What can Latin America and the Caribbean gain from cluster formation and development?
By Javier Gutiérrez / jantgut /
With responsible policy management, Latin American governments can use industrial clusters to shift from over-reliance on commodity production to more value-added sectors.
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