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China, the white elephant in US–Mexico trade negotiations

Commercial integration between Mexico and the United States, under the protection of the USMCA trade agreement, will first have to navigate a complicated customs issue: China. On the eve of the fourth round of talks, scheduled in theory for October, the economic rules that the Mexican government will impose on Chinese goods, investment and technology are of particular interest to the White House.

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Containers at the port of Manzanillo, Mexico.
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Sheinbaum at the Zócalo: ‘Mexicans do not want interference, interventionism or violation of our territoriality’

Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, addressed a massive crowd this Sunday at the emblematic Zócalo square in Mexico City, just a few days before the start of her third year in office. On the eve of the 2027 midterm elections, the president delivered a speech steeped in historical references to Mexico’s struggles for independence and sovereignty, and an allusion to growing pressures from the United States under the guise of fighting “narcoterrorism.”

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Claudia Sheinbaum at the Zócalo on Sunday.
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