Mexico

U.S. President Donald Trump, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto attend the USMCA signing ceremony before the G20 leaders summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina November 30, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC156BBD3810

Order from Chaos

Democrats should seize the day with North America trade agreement

Luis de la Calle and Arturo Sarukhan

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador delivers a speech during the Mexican Army Day at the 69th Infantry Battalion in Saltillo, Mexico February 19, 2019. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril - RC19DBBDBFF0

Mexico

A new administration confronts a changing world: Mexico’s economic competitiveness strategy at a geopolitical inflection point

Christopher Wilson

May 2019

Mexican federal police officers look over the current border fence, while U.S. border patrol authorities (not pictured) visit the site where several prototypes for U.S. President Donald Trump's border wall with Mexico have been built, in this picture taken from the Mexican side of the border, in Tijuana, Mexico, October 26, 2017. REUTERS/Jorge Duenes - RC1DEABF0E80

Mexico

Fight cross-border crime with collaboration, not threats

Earl Anthony “Tony” Wayne, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Rafael Fernandez de Castro, and Cecilia Farfan-Mendez

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

DATE IMPORTED:April 05, 2019U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with U.S. Border Patrol Agents and local law enforcement officers and sheriffs as he visits the U.S.-Mexico border in Calexico, California, U.S., April 5, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Order from Chaos

Tariffs won’t solve U.S.-Mexico drug crime

Earl Anthony “Tony” Wayne, Cecilia Farfan-Mendez, Vanda Felbab-Brown, and Rafael Fernandez de Castro

Monday, April 29, 2019

Reports

A U.S. Border and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) official stands next a concrete K-rail with concertina wire at Cordova-Americas bridge to enhance security efforts in preparation for increasing number of migrants arriving at the border, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico February 22, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez - RC1F2181F4D0

Mexico

US-Mexico security cooperation 2018-2024

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

DATE IMPORTED: March 06, 2019 Police officers patrol a street after a blockade set by members of the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel to repel security forces during an anti-fuel theft operation in Santa Rosa de Lima, in Guanajuato state, Mexico, March 6, 2019. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

Mexico

AMLO’s security policy: Creative ideas, tough reality

Vanda Felbab-Brown

March 2019

DATE IMPORTED: March 15, 2019. Soldiers keep watch near a crime scene where the bodies were left by unknown assailants, on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico March 15, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

Mexico

Mexico’s out-of-control criminal market

Vanda Felbab-Brown

March 2019

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador looks on before a speech marking the first 100 days of his presidency at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico March 11, 2019. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido - RC183BA26AA0

Mexico

The ills and cures of Mexico’s democracy

Vanda Felbab-Brown

March 2019

Venezuelan nationals living in Peru protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's second term, outside the embassy of Venezuela in Lima, Peru January 10, 2019. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo - RC180EDCB3F0

Report

Latin America’s struggle with democratic backsliding

February 2019

Blog Posts

Robotic arms assemble Tesla's Model S sedans at the company's factory in Fremont, California, June 22, 2012. Tesla began delivering the electric sedan to customers on June 22. REUTERS/Noah Berger (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS) - TM3E86M1CK701

Future Development

Are robots in Michigan destroying jobs in Chihuahua?

Hernan Winkler, Luc Christiaensen, and Erhan Artuc

Monday, February 25, 2019

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he visits the banks of the Rio Grande River with Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents during the president's visit to the U.S. - Mexico border in Mission, Texas, U.S., January 10, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1CEF41B3C0

Order from Chaos

Trump’s bogus justifications for the border wall

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Friday, January 11, 2019

Workers clean some fish in the Paloquemao market square in Bogota, Colombia October 30, 2018. Picture taken October 30, 2018. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez - RC157F8BB830

Future Development

Should governments favor small firms with special tax regimes?

Monday, November 5, 2018

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Events

U.S.-Mexican security cooperation: The opportunities and challenges ahead

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

Trade and borders: A reset for U.S.-Mexico relations in the Trump era?

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM EST

The real costs of a barrier wall between the U.S. and Mexico

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM EST

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Related Books

"Under-Rewarded Efforts" book cover

Under-Rewarded Efforts: The Elusive Quest for Prosperity in Mexico

By Santiago Levy

2018

Unexpected Outcomes

Edited by Carol Wise, Leslie Elliott Armijo, and Saori N. Katada

2015

The End of Nostalgia

Edited by Diana Villiers Negroponte

2013

Multimedia

The U.S. Mexico border is shown with Juarez, Mexico on left and pom the right El Paso, Texas, U.S. June 18, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake - RC1F8EC9C000

Podcast Episode

Ernesto Zedillo on globalization, NAFTA and the wall

David Dollar and Ernesto Zedillo

Monday, March 18, 2019

Mexico's Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray (C), Mexico's Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo (3rdR), White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow (3rdR-standing) and Jesus Seade (R), Mexico's President-elect Obrador's representative in trade negotiations look on as U.S. President Donald Trump (L) announces a deal to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 27, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC1E94C10BA0

Global Trade

The US and Mexico make NAFTA progress, but where’s Canada?

Monday, August 27, 2018

Presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gestures as he addresses supporters after polls closed in the presidential election, in Mexico City, Mexico July 2, 2018. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic - RC1A71135450

Podcast Episode

Will Mexico’s new president challenge Trump?

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, July 2, 2018

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