With the transition to the Trump administration, the relationship between the United States and Mexico is shifting. Particularly in the wake of the news of President Trump’s intention to reopen NAFTA negotiations, the trade relationship is being reexamined. His desire to erect a physical barrier along the border raises important questions about security, and implications for immigration policies. These developments all have the potential to impact both countries’ economies as well as their political and social fabrics.
On May 25, Brookings’s new Mexico Initiative convened panels of politicians, diplomats, and policy experts to engage in a half-day discussion that examined the economic, security, and border challenges facing the U.S.-Mexico relationship and the implications for relations moving forward.
Panel 1: U.S.-Mexico relations - Ambassadors' perspectives
Panel 2: U.S.-Mexico trade and economics
Panel 3: U.S.-Mexico security and border issues
Agenda
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May 25
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Welcome
Martin S. Indyk Former Brookings Expert, Distinguished Fellow - The Council on Foreign Relations @Martin_Indyk -
Introductory remarks
Gerónimo Gutiérrez Senior Advisor - Covington & Burling LLP, Former Ambassador of Mexico to the U.S. -
Panel 1: U.S.-Mexico relations - Ambassadors' perspectives
Moderator
Martin S. Indyk Former Brookings Expert, Distinguished Fellow - The Council on Foreign Relations @Martin_IndykPanelist
Arturo Sarukhan Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology, Former Ambassador of Mexico to the United States @Arturo_SarukhanEarl Anthony Wayne Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer and Distinguished Diplomat in Residence - American University School of International Service, Former Ambassador of the United States to Mexico @EAnthonyWayne -
Panel 2: U.S.-Mexico trade and economics
Moderator
Mireya Solís Director - Center for Asia Policy Studies, Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Asia Policy Studies, Philip Knight Chair in Japan Studies @solis_msolisPanelist
Gary Hufbauer Reginald Jones Senior Fellow - Peterson Institute for International EconomicsAntonio Ortiz Mena Senior Advisor - Albright Stonebridge Group -
Panel 3: U.S.-Mexico security and border issues
Vanda Felbab-Brown Director - Initiative on Nonstate Armed Actors, Co-Director - Africa Security Initiative, Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology @VFelbabBrownDoris Meissner Senior Fellow - Migration Policy Institute, Former Commissioner of U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service @MigrationPolicy
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