The Americas Economy

I want to focus on five areas where we can do more to help both our nations. First, let us do more to expand the trade and commerce that creates jobs for our people. We already buy more Mexican exports than any other country and sell more US exports to Mexico than we do to Brazil, Russia, India and China combined. Mexican companies are investing...

More than a decade of multi-party elections have consolidated Mexico’s transition to democracy, while the current administration’s ambitious reform agenda promises to take the country to its next phase of development. Radical changes in education, telecoms and energy, among other areas, aim to bring dynamism to the economy and have attracted...

In addition to being the second-largest economy and second-most-populous country in Latin America, Mexico is geographically and culturally diverse. The country boasts more than 9000 km of coastline and terrain varying from desert to mountains to rainforests, as well as a rich cultural heritage that includes numerous well-preserved ancient...

The year 2014 marks the 20th anniversary of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), a comprehensive deal establishing the terms of trade and investment between Mexico, Canada and the US. With a $19trn market, NAFTA is one of the largest trading blocs in the world, encompassing some 500m people and a wealth of natural resources. Two decades on, proponents and critics...