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In this episode of Need to Know, host John Milewski discusses the recent trade agreements between the US, Canada, and Mexico, with guests Lila Abed, Director of the Wilson Center's Mexico Institute and Christopher Sands, Director of the center's Canada Institute. They discuss the implications of now delayed tariffs and the political dynamics affecting trade and overall relations. Lila and Chris provide insights into how each country is navigating the challenges, impacts of leadership changes, and the interconnectedness of their economies.
Mexico is engaged in a decades long battle against drug cartels and according to the Mexico Institute of The Wilson Center they are losing it and the whole nation is in jeopardy of becoming a narco state. Will Mexico be able to avoid this future? Let's dive in and check it out.(commercial at 9:09)to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:https://www.vallartadaily.com/narco-state-wilson-center-says-mexicos-government-defeated-by-cartels/
In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Lila Abed, Director of the Wilson Center's Mexico Institute. She highlights a new publication, “The Next President of the United States: Challenges and Recommendations for the US-Mexico Relationship.” The comprehensive booklet is, “a practical roadmap for the incoming administration and offers actionable recommendations across six priority areas: migration, security, USMCA, energy, water, and democracy.”
In this episode of Need to Know, host John Milewski speaks with Lila Abed, director of the Wilson Center's Mexico Institute. They discuss key issues like trade, security, fentanyl, and migration. Lila comments on the potential for even stronger collaboration while identifying the challenges both countries face in fostering mutual trust and crafting effective policies.
En entrevista para MVS Noticias con Ana Francisca Vega, Lila Abed, Politóloga e internacionalista, directora adjunta del The Mexico Institute del Wilson Center, habló sobre que con más de 270 votos electorales, Donald Trump se asegura la victoria en las elecciones presidenciales de EU; Kamala Harris ha reconocido su derrota.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
En el marco de las Elecciones EU 2024, Lila Abed, directora del Mexico Institute y analista internacional, expuso en entrevista para MVS Noticias con Luis Cárdenas algunos puntos críticos sobre el panorama electoral estadounidense.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Greg Stanton of Phoenix, Arizona, says this is an incredibly important moment in U.S.-Mexico relations.And the reason it is important is the nearshoring phenomenon. Stanton, was a panelist at the Mexico Institute's 10th Annual Building a Competitive U.S.-Mexico Border Conference, held recently in Washington, D.C. The panel was titled “The Border from the Congressional Perspective.” It featured three members of Congress from the border: U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas, U.S. Rep. Lou Correa of California, and Stanton. The panel moderator was IBC Bank's president for Eagle Pass, Hector J. Cerna. “Right now, this is such a important moment in US-Mexico relations, this kind of what I call the nearshoring moment. This moment that if we take full advantage of it, with tensions with China. Given that Mexico is now our number one trading partner overall, we can grow that exponentially if we take advantage of it and have smart policies on our side and smart policies on the Mexican side,” Stanton said.“And there is opportunity with his new administration, if they get it right, to see that trade relationship grow exponentially.”Editor's Note: Here is an audio recording of the opening remarks of Congressman Stanton at the Mexico Institute's 10th Annual Building a Competitive U.S.-Mexico Border Conference.To read the new stories and watch the news videos of the Rio Grande Guardian International News Service go to www.riograndeguardian.com.
WASHINGTON, Texas - U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar says that if all the trucks that cross the border each year at the Laredo port of entry were lined up they would go around the world 3.4 times.Cuellar, who hails from Laredo, Texas, was a panelist at the Mexico Institute's 10th Annual Building a Competitive U.S.-Mexico Border Conference, held recently in Washington, D.C. The panel was titled “The Border from the Congressional Perspective.” It featured three members of Congress from the border: U.S. Rep. Lou Correa of California, U.S. Rep. Greg Stanton of Arizona, and Cuellar. The panel moderator was IBC Bank's president for Eagle Pass, Hector J. Cerna.In his opening remarks, Cuellar was dismissive of elected officials who come to the border region for just a few hours.“Some folks go visit the border for a few hours and they think they know the border better than some of us breathe the air, drink the water, etc. etc. We understand that the Rio Grande, the Rio Bravo, doesn't divide us but actually unites us as two countries,” Cuellar said.“And certainly is trade is very important as was mentioned a few minutes ago. Mexico is our number one trading partner. I'll give you one example about Laredo. If you look at the number of trucks that pass Laredo in one day, just line them up. They will go from Laredo up to 200 miles north of Laredo.“If you look at the number of trucks that pass through Laredo in a month, line them up all the way to Rio de Janeiro. If you look at the trucks that pass through Laredo on a yearly basis and line them up, they will go around the world 3.4 times.“And I checked with the CBP and the trucking industry to make sure I was right on those numbers. So trade is very important.”Editor's Note: Here is an audio recording of the opening remarks of Congressman Cuellar at the Mexico Institute's 10th Annual Building a Competitive U.S.-Mexico Border Conference:To read the new stories and watch the news videos of the Rio Grande Guardian International News Service go to www.riograndeguardian.com.
WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Rep. Lou Correa of California says the elephant in the room that no one talks about is the United States' attitude towards Mexico and Mexico's attitude to the U.S.Correa was a panelist at the Mexico Institute's 10th Annual Building a Competitive U.S.-Mexico Border Conference, held recently in Washington, D.C.The panel was titled “The Border from the Congressional Perspective.” It featured three members of Congress from the border: U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas, U.S. Rep. Greg Stanton of Arizona, and Correa.The panel moderator was IBC Bank's president for Eagle Pass, Hector J. Cerna.Cerna asked Correa to talk about a bill he had introduced about infrastructure at land ports of entry.Correa responded: “I think there's a bigger issue here and I think it's the elephant in the room that we don't talk about, which is the attitude that we have towards Mexico and Mexico as towards the US. We're all interdependent.”Correa pointed out that his grandfather came to the U.S. from Mexico around 1900 to work on the railroads.“When you grow up you think you're the only odd duck with these characteristics. Then you find out everybody in the room (is the same). Orange County, California Republican Orange County… three quarters of the population (is Mexicano). We forget the historical connection.”Correa asked, where does the border start and where does it end.“Those relationships, those economic relationships, are deep and interdependency is the lifeblood of Mexico's economy. And now the US,” Correa said.“We're going to build a border wall. It has been built since the days of Clinton. It's a bad thing because it sends the wrong message, which is us versus them. But it's going to be built.”Correa said Mexicanos, Latin Americans, Central Americans, don't want to be Americans. But they want the American Dream."We talk about the Chinese, the Russians. We can compete with them one-on-one. But it's up to us to figure out that roadmap. Work out a free trade agreement with China. Are you kidding me? Have we been asleep at the wheel in the United States? Then, only complain about what is going on in our own backyard,” Correa said.“It's our attitude. We're more focused on Europe, Asia, until we see a fire in our backyard. Then that's when we want to figure out, why did it start?”Correa said the first thing to do is take care of business. He said the first order of business is understanding the importance of the relationship with Mexico and the rest of the Americas.“USMCA is going to provide a tremendous opportunity to kick the tires, to see what's been working and what has not been working and to modify it and to begin to have that as a blueprint for the rest of the Americas in terms of trade,” Correa said.“I've been talking to other countries south of the border. They want in. They want to work with us, as they should. And, ultimately, I've talked about what we need to do as a nation. We want to be leaders. Let's be leaders. We should have a Marshall Plan to restart the economy south of the border.”Border Security? It is very important, Correa said. “But how you address it, the fundamentals is even more important and we are not talking about it. And I'm going to tell you, we are the reflection of our constituents. You have to help us plow the field, change the narrative. The narrative should be the bigger picture. Where are we going to be 10, 15, 20, 30 years? We can do better than we've done. This is not the US his fault. This is not Mexico's fault. It's all our fault.” To read the new stories and watch the news videos of the Rio Grande Guardian International News Service go to www.riograndeguardian.com.
Podcast del programa Imagen Empresarial transmitido originalmente el 05 de julio de 2024. Conduce Rodrigo Pacheco. Los entrevistados de hoy: Entrevistado: José Roberto Solano Pérez, gerente de Análisis Económico, Cambiario y Bursátil de Monex Tema: Agenda económica más relevante de los próximos días, particularmente la inflación en México y EUA. Qué esperar de los bancos centrales en cuanto a política monetaria (Minutas de Banxico). Entrevistado: Duncan Wood, vicepresidente de Estrategia y Nuevas Iniciativas y asesor senior del Mexico Institute del Wilson Center Tema: Relación México y EU
In this episode of Need to Know, host John Milewski discusses Mexico's elections with guest Lila Abed, acting director of the Wilson Center's Mexico Institute. Lila was an International Electoral Observer of Claudia Sheinbaum's, historic victory that will make her Mexico's first female president when she's sworn into office. They discuss the larger political landscape, Sheinbaum's potential policies, the implications of AMLO's legacy, and the possible impact on US-Mexico relations. Tune in for an in-depth analysis of Mexico's largest and most consequential elections.
En entrevista para MVS Noticias con Ana Francisca Vega, Lila Abed, Politóloga e internacionalista, directora adjunta del The Mexico Institute del Wilson Center, habló sobre el balance de la gira de Xóchitl Gálvez y análisis de las campañas en Estados Unidos.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by the Mexico Institute's Andrew Rudman and Lila Abed. The discuss the upcoming 2024 presidential election in Mexico and highlight the program's new publication, Mexico's Next President | Challenges and Recommendations. This booklet “offers recommendations on six of the most salient issues for consideration by the presidential candidates and their campaign teams including energy, migration, USMCA and North America, security, water, and nearshoring.”
En entrevista para la Primera Emisión de Imagen Informativa, Lila Abed, Internacionalista y Directora Adjunta del Mexico Institute del Wilson Center, habla sobre la Cumbre APEC; reuniones bilaterales de AMLO con Xi Jinping. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mexico is engaged in a decades long battle against drug cartels and according to the Mexico Institute of The Wilson Center they are losing it and the whole nation is in jeopardy of becoming a narco state. Will Mexico be able to avoid this future? Let's dive in and check it out.(commercial at 9:08)to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:https://www.vallartadaily.com/narco-state-wilson-center-says-mexicos-government-defeated-by-cartels/This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5080327/advertisement
MCALLEN, Texas - The vice president for strategy and new initiatives at the Wilson Center says border communities need to be better organized in order to have more of a say in Washington, DC.Duncan Wood, who also serves as a senior advisor to the Wilson Center's Mexico Institute, spoke recently at an event hosted by the CEO Club and held at the McAllen Country Club. After his speech Wood took questions from the audience. One came from Hidalgo County Judge Richard Cortez. He asked Wood what, from an economic development standpoint, is the Rio Grande Valley not doing that it could be. Wood responded that the companies he talks to often say they have a problem recruiting talent.Wood said the companies tell him: “We have a problem in recruiting the right skill-set. We don't necessarily want the finished product because we can train workers ourselves. We can work with local communities, but we need to have a engineering-literate or business-literate or more energy-literate workforce that we can work with, that we can educate. And then we need to have partner institutions locally, with whom we have always been willing to invest in.”Wood said more studies are needed on what skill-sets are lacking in the Valley. South Texas College President Ricardo Solis was in the audience. He told the Rio Grande Guardian International News Service later that STC was carrying out all the recommendations Wood was making.“I believe it's so important that we begin to actually do proper surveys of what the needs are in local communities, so that we know where the shortages are,” Wood said. “Because, right now, I think there's a lot of speculation that goes on. But we need to talk to businesses on this side of the border, talk to businesses on the other side. Because, as we all know, they go hand-in-hand. You can't really do one without the other. “So let's actually take the time and invest the resources to actually understand what the needs are in a forward-looking strategic manner. That's where I think we can actually make real progress, if we actually have the data on what skills are needed.”Wood then turned to an issue he said he faces often in Washington. He said too many people in Congress see the border as a problem and not an opportunity. “We need to change the mindset on that,” he said.“You know, I always find myself in this weird situation in Washington as an Englishman from Kent, who lived in Mexico and Canada, talking about the US-Mexico border and being the one in the room when, there's maybe a representative from Michigan who says that the border is a disaster. And then I say, have you gone down and seen what the opportunities are?”Editor's Note: Go to the Rio Grande Guardian website to read the full story.To read the new stories and watch the news videos of the Rio Grande Guardian International News Service go to www.riograndeguardian.com.
MCALLEN, Texas - Mexico expert Duncan Wood says the state he is paying most attention to in Mexico these days is Nuevo León.Wood is vice president for strategy and new initiatives at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., and senior advisor to the Mexico Institute, which is housed within the Wilson Center.Wood spoke at three events in the Rio Grande Valley recently. At each one he praised the leadership of Nuevo León governor, Samuel Alejandro García Sepúlveda.Wood handed out a slideshow print-out at a breakfast event hosted by the CEO Club at the McAllen Country Club. It showed that Nuevo León is currently capturing 72.2 percent of Mexico's near-shoring. The data was sourced from GBM and CRB.Here are Wood's remarks about Nuevo León and its “Tesla moment.”To read the new stories and watch the news videos of the Rio Grande Guardian International News Service go to www.riograndeguardian.com.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas - In three recent speeches in the Rio Grande Valley, the vice president for strategy and new initiatives at the Wilson Center talked about a potential game changer for Mexico that would also positively impact the Port of Brownsville.Duncan Wood is also a senior advisor to the Mexico Institute. On July 27, he spoke at a luncheon held at Texas Southmost College that was hosted by the Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation. On July 28, he spoke at a breakfast held at the McAllen Country Club that was hosted by the CEO Club. And, later that same day, Wood gave the keynote address at the MXLAN Festival's International Economic Summit.In each of the speeches Wood referenced the Transoceanic road and rail corridor Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is building in southern Mexico. He said the project has the full support of the private sector.“Before I move on, a quick word about the Port of Brownsville and the LNG (liquefied natural gas) project. It made me think. I always think of Texas ports as being headed for Europe. That is what they are, traditionally. Now they can get to Asia but to get to Asia they have to go down through the Panama Canal,” Wood said, at the GBIC event.“One of the few major policy initiatives from the Mexican government of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador with which I agree, is actually the Transoceanic Corridor, in the narrowest part of Mexico, the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. For many years, in fact going back to the times of Porfirio Díaz, it has been speculated that (you could) either dig a canal or your could make a rail or road link. The government now is finally doing that.”Wood continued: “And the fascinating thing about this is that, yes, you could take goods from South Texas by boat down to Coatzacoalcos, take them across the rail link onto ships at Salina Cruz and get them to Asia in a relatively short time, quicker than going through the Panama Canal which, by the way, is experiencing all kinds of problems anyway, because of low water levels at this point in time.”But that is not the only benefit, Wood said.“Imagine now if you built a pipeline across there as well. So perhaps you could bring down LNG, you could re-gasify it on one side, pump it through the pipeline, re-liquefy it at Salina Cruz and take it to Asia. Take advantage of much higher gas prices in Asia. “And then you think about what the government is actually thinking about doing down there, which is building out manufacturing capacity on either side of that rail and road link of Isthmus of Tehuantepec. All of a sudden you have a new border with the United States, which is right there in southern Mexico.”Wood said this project fulfils a top priority of the López Obrador administration - improving the economy of southern Mexico.“But it also creates new possibilities for Texas companies to work with Mexican companies down there to be part of that integrated manufacturing platform for export to Asia. That's a very, very, juicy prospect. There's a lot of work to do. But the idea is fundamentally sound.”Here is an audio recording of everything Wood said about the Transoceanic Corridor at his one speech in Brownsville and two speeches in McAllen.To read the new stories and watch the news videos of the Rio Grande Guardian International News Service go to www.riograndeguardian.com.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas - Of the 32 states in Mexico, Tamaulipas is the fourth most “peaceful,” according to a report published by Vision of Humanity.“Yucatán was once again the most peaceful state in Mexico, followed by Tlaxcala, Chiapas, Tamaulipas and Nayarit,” the report states.“Reflecting the great divergence in violence levels across the country, the average homicide rate in the most peaceful states was 9.2 deaths per 100,000 people, compared to an average rate of 74.6 in the least peaceful states.”Details of the report were first publicized in the Rio Grande Valley by Duncan Wood, vice president for strategy and new initiatives at the Wilson Center and senior advisor to the Mexico Institute, on his recent visit to the region. Neither the Wilson Center of the Mexico Institute played any part in producing the report.At a breakfast event hosted by the CEO Club at the McAllen Country Club, Wood said Tamaulipas was reportedly the fourth most peaceful state in Mexico. Some members of in the audience chuckled when he said it. Wood acknowledged the findings of the report seem hard to believe.Wood brought up the report in a Q&A after his speech. Paul R. Rodriguez, CEO of Valley Land Title Co., asked the question. “What about the elephant in the room has to be security. Where do you think Mexico stands there?” Rodriguez asked.Wood gave a detailed response about national security in Mexico in general. He then addressed Tamaulipas specifically.“I was looking at the data on security header of this trip. I wanted to look at how Tamaulipas is doing. And weirdly enough, there's a Peacefulness Index. It's a Global Index, but then the index on Mexico was recently released. And Tamaulipas was classified as the fourth most peaceful state in Mexico,” Wood said.After murmurs from the CEO Club members, Wood responded:“Yeah, yeah, exactly. It doesn't make sense, right? So I asked some of my colleagues, how do you explain this? And one of them took the time to write to the folks who authored the report.”Editor's Note: Go to the Rio Grande Guardian International News Service website to read the full story.To read the new stories and watch the news videos of the Rio Grande Guardian International News Service go to www.riograndeguardian.com.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Renowned Mexico expert Duncan Wood spoke about near-shoring and re-shoring in a speech held at Texas Southmost College on Thursday, July 27.The event was hosted by the Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation and drew an audience of business leaders, diplomats and elected officials from Brownsville and Matamoros.Wood is senior advisor to the Mexico Institute at the Wilson Center in Washington, DC. Before Wood spoke, Brownsville City Commissioner Roy De los Santos was asked to say a few words. After De Los Santos, Brownsville City Manager Helen Ramirez spoke. She introduced keynote speaker Wood. Here are the remarks of De Los Santos and Ramirez.To read the new stories and watch the news videos of the Rio Grande Guardian International News Service go to www.riograndeguardian.com.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas - When renowned Mexico expert Duncan Wood last came to the Rio Grande Valley to speak about that country's economy and its governance he was not optimistic. It was in January, 2020, and President Andrés Manuel López Obrador had just started his second year in office. Wood spoke at the McAllen Performing Arts Center at an event hosted by IBC Bank and the Rio Grande Valley Partnership. He said he was concerned about AMLO reneging on much-heralded energy reforms that were facilitating large foreign investments into Mexico.Fast forward three and a half years and Wood, senior advisor to the Mexico Institute at the Wilson Center in Washington, DC., is now much more bullish. “If we can get the federal government in Mexico to work not just with the U.S. government, but with Mexican northern states to make sure that they have not just the energy they need, the infrastructure they need, the human capital they need, and if we can have that conversation in a cross-border way, the future is extremely bright,” Wood said. “Not just for Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, but, in fact, for Texas, for Brownsville, for McAllen. All the way along the border we will see opportunities exploding. So for the first time in, I would say, more than five years. I am extraordinarily optimistic. “I'm optimistic about Mexico. I'm optimistic about the United States. I'm optimistic about Texas. I'm actually optimistic about geopolitics, even though it is a highly complicated time. How far we've come in just a couple of years blows my mind on a daily basis.”Wood made those remarks during a speech about near-shoring and re-shoring that was hosted by the Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation and held at Texas Southmost College.Here are his remarks in full.For the full story go to the Rio Grande Guardian International News Service website.To read the new stories and watch the news videos of the Rio Grande Guardian International News Service go to www.riograndeguardian.com.
Mexico is engaged in a decades long battle against drug cartels and according to the Mexico Institute of The Wilson Center they are losing it and the whole nation is in jeopardy of becoming a narco state. Will Mexico be able to avoid this future? Let's dive in and check it out.(commercial at 9:08)to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:https://www.vallartadaily.com/narco-state-wilson-center-says-mexicos-government-defeated-by-cartels/This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5080327/advertisement
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Brad Grantz, Republican Staff Director, Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, Office of Senator Ted Cruz, spoke recently at a conference at the Wilson Center.The one-day event was titled “Building a Competitive U.S.-Mexico Border Conference.” It was co-sponsored by the Mexico Institute and the Border Trade Alliance. The focus of Grantz's remarks was speeding up the process for building or expanding new international bridges on the Texas-Mexico border. Here are his remarks. To read the new stories and watch the news videos of the Rio Grande Guardian International News Service go to www.riograndeguardian.com.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Joaquin Spamer is the Founder and President of CIL Group, whose companies include Commodities Integrated Logistics, SALSA, Bio Safe, CIL Capital, and CIL Fresh, among others. CIL Group's expertise encompasses sectors like logistics, international trade, real estate, development, warehousing, commodities, and construction. Spamer actively contributes to the promotion and development of the Tamaulipas and South Texas region, holding advisory positions in the McAllen Economic Development Corporation and Rio Bank, and serving as the President of The Binational Council for Economic Development of Reynosa.Last week, Spamer participated at a conference at the Wilson Center. The one-day event was titled “Building a Competitive U.S.-Mexico Border Conference.” It was co-sponsored by the Mexico Institute and the Border Trade Alliance. The panel Spamer was on discussed “Cross-Border Commerce Before and After Covid-19.”Here are all the comments Spamer made during the discussion.To read the new stories and watch the news videos of the Rio Grande Guardian International News Service go to www.riograndeguardian.com.
On Episode 6 of The LatinNews Podcast, Pamela K Starr, Professor of International Relations at USC, Los Angeles, joins us to discuss President Lopez Obrador's legacy in Mexico. We look at the defining features of his tenure, the increase in the role of the military, resource nationalism, political polarization, threats to journalists and an assault on autonomous institutions such as the electoral authority. Additionally, we discuss Lopez Obrador's chosen successor for the 2024 elections: Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo. Show Notes: • The Morena Party • Lopez Obrador's most likely successor • Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) • The Fourth Transformation Pamela Starr is a professor of the practice of international relations and public diplomacy, a senior advisor at Monarch Global Strategies, and a global fellow at the Mexico Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Prior to USC, Starr was the senior analyst responsible for Mexico at the Eurasia Group, one of the world's leading global political risk advisory and consulting firms, and a professor at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) in Mexico City. Starr has briefed American and Mexican officials on the bilateral relationship, including former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former Mexican Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Meade, as well as ambassadors, diplomats, intelligence officials, legislators, and staffers from both countries. She has testified before the U.S. Congress and is an active speaker and author. Starr has been quoted in over 50 newspapers, news magazines, and wire services in the United States, Mexico, Canada, Europe, and Asia including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and the Financial Times. She has opinion articles in over a dozen outlets.
This Thursday, the COVID-era immigration policy Title 42 will expire. Initiated by the Trump administration, it allowed for the expulsion of migrants at the border under a public health directive. It lifts as numbers of encounters at the border continue to skyrocket – instances grew from 646,822 in 2020 to 2,766 in 2022, and have already surpassed 1.544 million this year. These are staggering and historic numbers. Border Patrol cannot handle the sheer quantity, processing centers are overrun and inefficient, legitimate asylum seekers and migrants are being delayed access for years while the US government attempts to handle the illegal entries. Title 42 was not meant to be a sustained solution, but its expiration – without a replacement policy in place – means that this summer will see a humanitarian tragedy at the US southern border. Notably, polls show that the American public is not very divided on this question; by and large, Americans support and encourage legal immigration, and condemn the chaos – the humanitarian disaster, financial confusion, and resource misallocation – that is the result of loose and unserious border policy. And yet, Administration after Administration, Congress after Congress, drags its feet and leaves policy stopgaps to the courts. Andrew Selee is the President of the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), a global nonpartisan institution that seeks to improve immigration and integration policies. He also chairs MPI Europe's Administrative Council. Prior to MPI, Dr. Selee spent 17 years at the Woodrow Wilson Center where he founded the Center's Mexico Institute, and served as the Center's VP for Programs and Executive VP. He has also worked on staff in the US Congress, served on the Board of Directors of the YMCA, and is a columnist for Mexico's largest newspaper El Universal. His most recent book is Vanishing Frontiers: The Forces Driving Mexico and the United States Together.Download the transcript here.
In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Andrew Rudman, Director of the Wilson Center's Mexico Institute. Also joining us is Lorenzo Córdova, Councilor President of Mexico's National Electoral Institute (INE). Córdova discusses the threat from the passage of a bill by Mexico's legislature designed to curb the power of the INE, the non-partisan and independent agency that oversees elections. They also discuss recent mass protests across Mexico in support of the INE's mission and the success that organization has had in helping protect political stability in Mexico.
In this weekend episode, three segments from this week's C-SPAN's Washington Journal program. First – Andrew Rudman, Director of the Wilson Center's Mexico Institute, discusses the killing of two Americans kidnapped in Mexico this week - and the state of cartel violence in the country's northern region. Then, Alliance for American Manufacturing President Scott Paul discusses the state of manufacturing in the U.S. and the impact of China's economic and trade policies. Plus, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies' Behnam Ben Taleblu discusses a new IAEI report that Iran is in advanced stages of building a nuclear weapon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mexico is engaged in a decades long battle against drug cartels and according to the Mexico Institute of The Wilson Center they are losing it and the whole nation is in jeopardy of becoming a narco state. Will Mexico be able to avoid this future? Let's dive in and check it out.(commercial at 9:08)to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:https://www.vallartadaily.com/narco-state-wilson-center-says-mexicos-government-defeated-by-cartels/
Mexico is engaged in a decades long battle against drug cartels and according to the Mexico Institute of The Wilson Center they are losing it and the whole nation is in jeopardy of becoming a narco state. Will Mexico be able to avoid this future? Let's dive in and check it out.(commercial at 9:08)to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:https://www.vallartadaily.com/narco-state-wilson-center-says-mexicos-government-defeated-by-cartels/
Lila Abed, internacionalista y directora adjunta de Mexico Institute, se refirió en entrevista para Primera Emisión con Pascal Beltrán del Río a los acuerdos alcanzados en la Cumbre de Líderes de América del Norte.
With the Tenth North American Leaders' Summit around the corner, Chris and Scotty discuss priorities for the three leaders and what to expect from their meetings in Mexico City. Then, we listen in on a special event with Chris and Assistant Secretary of State Brian Nichols co-hosted by the Wilson Center Canada Institute and Mexico Institute.
American news coverage about Mexico invariably focuses on migration and drug cartels. Less talked about is whether the country is edging towards authoritarianism under President AndrésManuel López Obrador. Elected in 2018 to a six-year term, the president's tight control over the Morena political party and his attacks on civil institutions have drawn comparisons to Donald Trump. Earlier this year, López Obrador, also known as AMLO, brought in the military to not only police city streets but run government infrastructure like airports, giving the military unprecedented powers in a move that alarmed democracy watchers. Described as the “Teflon president,” López Obrador enjoys a 60% approval rating despite a stagnant economy and rising criminal violence. We'll talk with experts about the state of Mexico's democracy. Guests: Denise Dresser, professor, political science, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM). Dresser's most recent article for Foreign Affairs is titled "Mexico's Dying Democracy." María Marván Laborde , professor, political science, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Marván Laborde is currently a fellow with the U.S.-Mexico Institute at UC San Diego. Natalie Kitroeff, Bureau Chief for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, New York Times
Lila Abed, internacionalista y directora adjunta de Mexico Institute, habla en entrevista para Primera Emisión con pascal Beltrán del Río sobre el panorama en el que se desarrollan las elecciones intermedias en Estados Unidos, destaco que está en juego la democracia ya que miles de estadounidenses creen que Joe Biden no ganó de manera legitima las elecciones presidenciales de 2020.
Canusa Street is hitting the road again for the North Capital Forum in Mexico City, where the leaders of Canada, Mexico, and the United States will convene in November for the 2022 North American Leaders' Summit. On this episode, Andrew Rudman, Director of the Wilson Center's Mexico Institute, joins Chris and Scotty for a preview of the conference, an overview of how Mexico compares to its North American neighbors, and an in-depth discussion on trilateral relations. Check out the Mexico Institute's latest publication, “Mexico, a Challenging Assignment”: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/media/uploads/documents/MEX_220506-MexChallengingAssignment%20BOOK-WEB.pdf
El T-Mec es el acuerdo comercial entre México, Estados Unidos y Canadá que sustituyó al TLCAN. Dos años después de que entró en vigor, sus miembros enfrentan una disputa para resolver los desacuerdos sobre las políticas energéticas de México.Nuestra invitada de hoy es Lila Abed, analista internacional, directora adjunta del Mexico Institute, con sede en Washington, y una verdadera experta en el T-Mec que nos va a ayudar a entender de qué se trata esta polémica energética. Abed también nos va a aclarar qué reclama Estados Unidos, cuál es el papel de Canadá en la controversia y qué consecuencias podría tener este proceso para México y los demás actores involucrados.
Mexico is engaged in a decades long battle against drug cartels and according to the Mexico Institute of The Wilson Center they are losing it and the whole nation is in jeopardy of becoming a narco state. Will Mexico be able to avoid this future? Let's dive in and check it out.(commercial at 9:09)to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:https://www.vallartadaily.com/narco-state-wilson-center-says-mexicos-government-defeated-by-cartels/
Mexico is engaged in a decades long battle against drug cartels and according to the Mexico Institute of The Wilson Center they are losing it and the whole nation is in jeopardy of becoming a narco state. Will Mexico be able to avoid this future? Let's dive in and check it out.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:https://www.vallartadaily.com/narco-state-wilson-center-says-mexicos-government-defeated-by-cartels/
In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we speak with Duncan Wood, Vice President for Strategy & New Initiatives and Senior Advisor to the Wilson Center's Mexico Institute. He discusses the Wilson Center's continued focus on the critical importance of global and national supply chains, how current shortages and inflation are affecting government and private industry, and highlights the Center's ongoing Strengthening America's Supply Chains initiative.
In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Laura Elena Carrillo Cubillas, Executive Director, of the Mexican Agency of International Cooperation for Development (AMEXCID). She discusses the organization's role in providing development aid in the region, partnerships with USAID and similar global agencies, and AMEXCID initiatives that bolster socioeconomic capacity through educational, cultural, social, and financial initiatives. Mexico Institute director Andrew Rudman also joins the conversation.
Mexico is at the helm of the Security Council in November for its only presidency in its two-year term. The county is prioritizing international issues of great domestic concern: small arms and migration. We talk with Mexican Deputy Permanent Representatives Alicia Buenrostro and Juan Manuel Gómez Robledo, as well as the country's Political Coordinator, Enrique Ochoa. We also hear from Andrew Rudman, the director of the Wilson Center's Mexico Institute. Give before 12/31 and your donation is doubled! Click: https://www.newsforgood.org/organizations/passblue Links: PassBlue's website: www.passblue.com Twitter: @pass_blue Facebook: @PassBlueUN Instagram: @passblue ----- Are you searching for a meaningful way to further your career in international development? Is it your dream to tackle some of the world's most pressing challenges? Consider Seton Hall University's executive graduate programs in international affairs. Attend a webinar to find out how you can specialize in up to 13 research areas, including conflict management, international law and human rights, foreign policy analysis and more. As a graduate candidate you'll have the benefit of 1-on-1 faculty mentorship, career workshops, international seminars, and discussions with global leaders on campus, at the U.N. headquarters in New York, and in Washington, D.C. The program is flexible – it can be taken full-time or part-time, online or at the New Jersey campus just 14 miles from New York City. To learn more or sign up for a graduate programs webinar, visit www.shu.edu/passblue.
In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Duncan Wood, Vice President for Strategy & New Initiatives and Senior Advisor to the Mexico Institute. He discusses a new publication he co-authored entitled, “The Mosaic Approach: a Multidimensional Strategy for Strengthening America's Critical Minerals Supply Chain,” which argues that the United States must take a number of key steps to make the critical minerals supply chain more resilient.
In this episode of the Life and Football Podcast our special guest is Jayden & Jontrell Oliver. Jayden and Jontrell are brothers who currently play Football at New Mexico Institute Conerback and Defensive End/LB. The Oliver twins played their Highschool Football in the Tampa area who also competed in basketball and track and field team. Jontrell Oliver transferred to the New Mexico Institute from the University of South Dakota for a chance to play collegiate football with his brother. Jayden Oliver is currently one of the best Conerbacks in the Nation in JUCO Football. Before coming to the New Mexico Institute Jayden was at Southeastern University. Both brothers would love the opportunity to continue to play with each other as they move on to a power 5 school. The brothers are thankful for their parents and really appreciate their dad Mr. Johnny Oliver for encouraging them to be successful in Life and Football. Life and Football Podcast is available on the following platforms Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor, Spotify, Breaker, Overcast Pocketcasts, Radio Public, Stitcher, Player FM, & YouTube!
WASHINGTON, D.C. - On August 10th and 11th the Border Trade Alliance sponsored a virtual two-day conference called Building a Competitive U.S.-Mexico Border, hosted by the Mexico Institute at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C.Each year the border conference brings together policymakers, business leaders, and local elected officials for a dialogue that focuses on improving border management to strengthen the competitiveness of both the United States and Mexico. This year's event placed specific emphasis on trade, travel and health as guest speakers considered how the border region will recover from the myriad impacts of COVID-19. The seventh annual-high level "Building a Competitive U.S.-Mexico Border" conference hosted by the Mexico Institute and the Border Trade Alliance featured panel discussions with U.S. and Mexican public and private sector officials bringing sought-after perspectives to two days of discussion on border management.To watch a video of the two days of discussions, click here.Attached is the Rio Grande Guardian International News Service's audio podcast of the event.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar says he learns more about border policy from the Mexican government than he does the Biden Administration.The Laredo Democrat's criticism of the White House's approach to border security and immigration was voiced in a keynote address he gave at the Mexico Institute's 7th Annual Building a Competitive U.S.-Mexico Border Conference.In a Q&A following his remarks, Andrew I. Rudman, director of the Wilson Center's Mexico Institute, asked Cuellar what metrics the Biden Administration has put in place to reopen the U.S.-Mexico border to so-called “non-essential” travel. Cuellar responded that he and U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, added language to an appropriations bill last December that dealt with ways to reopen the border. However, he said the Biden Administration is not taking any notice.“We exactly asked them, hey, tell us your metrics, be more transparent, tell us how you are going to open up the border. Right now we are working in a void. Nobody understands what they (the Biden Administration) are doing,” Cuellar said.“They don't listen to people at the border. I am not talking about myself. I am talking about the businessmen, the county judges, the sheriffs, the mayors, the folks and the businesses at the border. So, there is no… as you mentioned… the key is, there are no metrics.”Cuellar said border communities would like to know when land ports of entries are going to reopen to Mexican visa holders. He pointed out that before the coronavirus pandemic, 18 million Mexicans crossed the border each year, spending $19 billion in the United States.“We are just at a whim of the administration and I just wish the administration would understand this. And every time I have talked to the secretary I have told him. With all due respect they give me answers that do not really make sense,” Cuellar said.Editor's Note: To read the full story go to the Rio Grande Guardian website.Editor's Note: The attached podcast contains the raw audio from Congressman Cuellar's remarks at the Mexico Institute's 7th Annual Building a Competitive U.S.-Mexico Border Conference.
It was a terrific opportunity yesterday to observe Mexican democracy in action. And, I have to say that the INE (Instituto Nacional Electoral) did an incredible job. They did an incredible job of organizing the election. I would say more importantly than that, of working with Mexican civil society, and by civil society I do not mean NGOs (non-government organizations. I mean the people on the street who organized themselves to run the polling stations. The INE work hand in hand with them in terms of the training, providing them with the resources they need to actually execute a very well-run, fair, free, transparent election. I had the opportunity to travel around the southern part of Mexico City yesterday, visiting five different polling stations. I was there for the rapid count in one of them and it is an extraordinarily simple process but it is one that works very, very well. One of the biggest takeaways of this election is democracy does work in Mexico. I know that a lot of people have had doubts about the future of democracy. It is alive and well. The INE did a great job, as I said, but Mexican civic culture, the culture of democracy is alive and kicking. And there is great pride on the part of the Mexican people in their own elections. And a large part of that comes from the fact that they are so intimately involved in it. Editor's Note: Go to the Rio Grande Guardian International News Service's website to see the full commentary from Duncan Wood, vice president for strategy and new initiatives; senior advisor to the Mexico Institute. Wood made his remarks on a Mexico Institute webinar titled Ground Truth Briefing - Mexico's Mid-Term Elections. Wood was in Mexico as an official elections observer for the mid-term elections. The attached podcast features the webinar.
HARLINGEN, Texas - The Mexico Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center Scholars and the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center of the Atlantic Council host a webinar recently on Mexico's upcoming mid-term elections.The election takes place June 6. It will be the largest election in Mexico’s history with electors choosing candidates for over 21,000 offices. The election marks the halfway point in President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's term of office. Analysts see it as a referendum on his first three years in office. “The outcome of this election will determine the extent to which López Obrador can implement his agenda and national reforms. With a weak and divided opposition, López Obrador's ruling party, Morena, is expected to maintain control in Congress,” the Mexico Institute says.Among the speakers was Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, a former associate professor in the Department of Public Affairs and Security Studies at UT-Rio Grande Valley. Correa-Cabrera is now associate professor at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. Her areas of expertise are Mexico-U.S. relations, organized crime, immigration, border security, social movements and human trafficking."What is this election about? It is about two political forces,” Correa-Cabrera said.“One, of course, is AMLO’s project, the Morena project, with all its limitations and strengths. And, also, the groups that try to restore the previous regime - the regime that López Obrador called the neoliberal regime.”Correa-Cabrera added: "I don’t think that the United States understands the complexity of Mexico today. And why is this? Because when I read some of the statements, for example, in terms of security or energy, it's if as in the United States there is this idea that we are in the 1990s or we are in the first decade of the twenty-first century and we’re not like that." Andrew I. Rudman is director of the Mexico Institute. During the webinar, he said: "All elections are important, and each is described as more important, more consequential than the last. But, at the risk of following that hyperbole, I would argue that this election is indeed the most important and consequential in Mexico's relatively brief democratic history, with significant political power at stake."Editor's Note: To read the full story go to the Rio Grande Guardian website.
Andrew Selee es presidente del Instituto de Políticas Migratorias. Es doctor en estudios de política por la Universidad de Maryland y por muchos años trabajó en el Mexico Institute del Wilson Center. Ha sido profesor en Johns Hopkins y El Colegio de México. Ha vivido en ambos lados de la frontera y es uno de los principales expertos en la relación entre los dos países. Su libro más reciente se llama Vanishing Frontiers y lo pueden encontrar donde sea que encuentren libros.
Mexico's Pemex, the state oil company, is facing challenges to increase production, as the government desires, and also internationally to meet its environmental commitments. We spoke with Andrew Rudman, director of the Wilson Center's Mexico Institute, about these challenges and the relationship between Pemex and the United States under the Biden administration. Related coverage PODCAST: Mexico's Pemex announces large oil discovery, but faces challenges in reaching production goals Mexico's Pemex discovers 1.2 billion boe complex in Tabasco region: CEO
With a new surge of migrants at the southern border, we have the opportunity to introduce our new Mexico Institute director, Andrew Rudman. Also check out this recent Mexico Institute report on sustainable migration policy
In contrast with Donald Trump’s single-minded focus on immigration, President-elect Joe Biden has promised a return to a more conventional, multidimensional approach to the United States’ relations with Mexico. But if President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s reluctance to congratulate Biden on his victory is any indication, a return to normalcy may not be what Mexico wants. This week on Trend Lines, WPR’s Elliot Waldman is joined by Duncan Wood, the director of the Mexico Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, to discuss the challenges ahead for U.S.-Mexico ties and how Biden might be able to use some of Trump’s aggressive tactics to steer the relationship in a beneficial direction. Relevant Articles on WPR: Mexico’s Water Dispute With the U.S. Is a Symptom of Its Governance Crisis In Mexico, Corruption Scandals Leave No Politician Untouched—Not Even AMLO How Biden Would Change U.S. Policy in Latin America Will AMLO’s Popularity in Mexico Survive COVID-19? Trend Lines is produced and edited by Peter Dörrie, a freelance journalist and analyst focusing on security and resource politics in Africa. You can follow him on Twitter at @peterdoerrie. To send feedback or questions, email us at podcast@worldpoliticsreview.com.
The arrest – and return – of General Salvador Cienfuegos by U.S. authorities were both surprising developments in what has already turned out to be an unpredictable U.S.-Mexico relationship under Presidents Donald Trump and Andrés Manuel López Obrador. But a “reevaluation of the Mexican approach” is likely in store when the Joe Biden administration takes over, says the Wilson Center’s Duncan Wood. Guests: -Duncan Wood is director of the Mexico Institute at the Wilson Center. -Brian Winter is the editor-in-chief of Americas Quarterly. Supplemental Reading: "Latin America’s Militaries Are Back. What Does it Mean?" (https://www.americasquarterly.org/fulltextarticle/new-aq-latin-americas-militaries-are-back-what-does-it-mean/)
MEXICO CITY - Three experts, one from Canada, one from Mexico and one from the United States, discussed what impact the outcome of the 2020 presidential election will have on North America.Dr. Stephen Randall, professor emeritus at the University of Calgary, was the expert from Canada. María-Cristina Rosas, director of the Olof Palme Center for Analysis and Research on Peace, Security and Development in Mexico City, was the expert from Mexico. And Duncan Wood, director of the Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute in Washington, D.C., was the expert from the United States.The three got together for a webinar hosted by the Olof Palme Center. The event was hosted by Rio Grande Guardian editor Steve Taylor. Among the topics discussed were international relations, trade, border security, and immigration.
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute hosted a webcast to discuss the latest report from Mexican thinktank Signos Vitales. “The Pandemic in Mexico: The Scope of the Tragedy” is a two-part analysis of the devastating economic impact of COVID-19 in the country. Duncan Wood, director of the Mexico Institute, moderated the discussion with panelists Eduardo Gonzalez-Pier, fellow at the Center for Global Development; Valeria Moy, general director of the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness; and Enrique Cardenas, president of Signos Vitales.Major points included the country’s delayed response to the pandemic, miscommunication and tension between local and federal agencies, the resulting GDP loss, a bleak forecast and, finally, lessons learned."It would be shameful is this crisis goes go to waste, and, by that, I mean there are very important lessons of what cannot happen with our health sector,” said Gonzalez-Pier. “We should start thinking about what all these numbers mean to avoid mistakes and identify what was gone right so that that we learn from this. "He continued: “We need to share with the rest of the global community what happened in Mexico … Our assessment is not only for Mexico; it is also of global concern. The learning that might come from this exercise will have externalities for the better working of our governments."
Honduran-American television host Rocsi Díaz joins Jack Rico on the return of the "Highly Relevant Podcast" to discuss her brand new co-hosting show "Cannonball" from the USA Network. She also shares with Jack what she believes are the components she has used to become a national television host on BET, Entertainment Tonight, E! and now the USA Network. Plus, what does she think of the Latinx term, and her thoughts on the fall from grace of Ellen DeGeneres. Music Playlist El Micrófono - Mexico Institute of Sound Jungla - Monte from Simon Mejía Universos Paralelos - Juan Galeano Follow Jack: Twitter: https://twitter.com/JackRicofficial Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jackrico Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In light of Mexican President López Obrador's visit to the United States to meet with President Trump this week, the Wilson Center's Mexico Institute hosted a dialogue with experts on the state of U.S.-Mexico relations.The webinar was titled "AMLO, Trump, and the Bilateral Relationship." It was moderated by Duncan Wood, director of the Mexico Institute.The panel consisted of Earl Anthony Wayne, a former U.S. Ambassador and Mexico Public Policy Fellow & Advisory Board Co-Chair at the Mexico Institute, Roberta Jacobson, a former U.S.-Ambassador to Mexico and Advisory Board Member at the Mexico Institute, Gerónimo Gutiérrez Fernandez, a former U.S. ambassador to the United States and former managing director of the North American Development Bank, Alejandro Moreno, professor of political science at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), and Carlos Heredia, a Mexican economist and associate professor at the China Studies Unit of the Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE) in Mexico City."Presidential visits are always important," Wood said.
Matt Winkler, co-Founder of Bloomberg News and Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, discusses his column: "The Bad Economy Really Is Trump’s Fault." Bess Freedman, CEO of Brown Harris Stevens, on their Manhattan real estate report. Duncan Wood, director of the Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute, on AMLO's visit to the White House, and why a storm is coming for Mexico under USMCA. Clive Gillmore, CEO and group CIO at Mondrian Investment Partners, on opportunities in international markets. Hosted by Paul Sweeney and Vonnie Quinn.
MCALLEN, Texas - The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement took effect July 1, 2020, replacing the North American Free Trade Agreement.To celebrate, the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., hosted a webinar with esteemed representatives from the three countries: Luz María De La Mora from Mexico, Joseph Semsar from the United States, and Ailish Campbell from Canada.The Wilson Center is home to the Mexico Institute and the Canada Institute.De La Mora is a former Mexico Institute public policy scholar and now under-secretary for foreign trade in the Secretariat of Economy in Mexico.Semsar is deputy under secretary for international trade, performing the non-executive functions and duties of the Under Secretary for International Trade in the U.S. Department of Commerce.Campbell is chief trade commissioner of Canada and assistant deputy minister in the Global Affairs Department in Canada.The webinar started with opening remarks from Jane Harman, a former U.S. Representative from Los Angeles, California, who is now president and CEO of the Wilson Center.“We are all celebrating, virtually, the fact that this is a new phase in the relationship among our three countries,” Harman said.“The new NAFTA is meant to strengthen the continental steel and aluminum production, encourage auto production, introduce stronger protection for workers, and introduce technology, can you imagine, as a form of trade, something that was not envisioned back in the day when NAFTA passed.“But, as we all know, the devil is in the detail, and an 1,800-page agreement will be put to the test when it is implemented."Harman ended her remarks by saying: “Sorry we don’t have champagne or whatever might suit, in my case a tequila, to celebrate this momentous occasion. Congratulations, everybody.”For the full story, go to www.riograndeguardian.com.
Host Benjamin Gedan is joined by Duncan Wood, director of the Wilson Center's Mexico Institute, to discuss Alberto Fernández's Mexico City jaunt, his first international trip as Argentina's president-elect.
Host Benjamin Gedan is joined by Duncan Wood, director of the Wilson Center's Mexico Institute, to discuss AMLO's high approval ratings, despite struggles with crime and economic malaise.
Host Benjamin Gedan sits down with Christopher Wilson, deputy director of the Wilson Center's Mexico Institute, to discuss the El Paso shooting and the Mexican government's response.
HARLINGEN, Texas - The United States Ambassador to Mexico, Christopher Landau, says the relationship between Mexico and the United States is very complicated, critically important and still has “sore spots” for both countries. Landau was keynote speaker, Friday, May 8, during a Webcast entitled, “U.S.-Mexico Cooperation During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond,” hosted by the Mexico Institute at the nation’s key non-partisan policy forum for tackling global issues, the Wilson Center. According to Ambassador Landau, he is proud of the way some areas of cross-border cooperation have gone smoothly during the coronavirus pandemic. Landau said: “The way we handled the border itself, in the early days of the crisis back in March, I consider to be a real success story.” However, one area that is a point of contention has to do with the definition of the term, “essential industry,” for both Mexico and the United States. Landau said: “I’d say the biggest frustration to me and the thing that this pandemic has laid bare is that we have to do more on the economic front to talk about cooperation on things like essential industries in times of crisis. That has been just a sore area in the beginning.” Landau is calling for procedures to allow for more institutionalized ongoing discussions of that issue.Landau also said that he has learned some lessons.“There are certainly some very legitimate, but compelling, health interests at stake on both sides of the border. The key is to come up with a way protect worker health, without completely stopping economic activity. I think it is possible to walk and chew gum at the same time.”Ambassador Landau is the son of the late, George W. Landau, who served as U.S. Ambassador to three countries, Paraguay, Chile and Venezuela. According thedirector of the Wilson Center, Jane Harman, even from childhood, Latin America has played a major role in the life of Christopher Landau. The Mexico Institute, under the auspices of the Wilson Center, seeks to improve understanding, communication, and cooperation between Mexico and the United States by promoting original research, encouraging public discussion, and proposing policy options for enhancing the bilateral relationship with Mexico.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A record number of viewers - more than 1,000 - watched a Mexico Institute webinar about Immigration and the U.S.-Mexico Border during the coronavirus pandemic.The conversation included the analysis of two members of Congress - Rep. Veronica Escobar, a Democrat from El Paso and Rep. Dan Crenshaw, a Republican from Houston. The moderator was Andrew Selee, president of the Migration Policy Institute. Closing remarks were given by Duncan Wood, director of the Mexico Institute, which is part of the Wilson Center. The Wilson Center's director, president and CEO, Jane Harman, gave the opening remarks."As the U.S. government has implemented a raft of measures to combat the spread of COVID-19, a significant number have been in the immigration arena, touching in particular on the U.S.-Mexico border," the Mexico Institute stated, in a preview of the webinar."The Mexican and U.S. administrations agreed to halt nonessential travel across the border, slowing activity across a closely interconnected and vibrant regional economy."The Mexico Institute pointed out that the Trump administration has also taken a number of unprecedented measures, drawing on powers given to the Surgeon General in 1944 to block the entry of foreign nationals deemed possible health risks."As a result, border officials have expelled more than 10,000 unauthorized migrants and asylum seekers through an expedited process and largely ended access to asylum during the crisis."In their discussion, Reps. Escobar and Crenshaw spoke about the response to the coronavirus pandemic, how it is affecting the border region, and what the future might hold.
MCALLEN, Texas - Duncan Wood, director of the Woodrow Wilson Center's Mexico Institute, recently spoke in McAllen, Brownsville, Laredo and San Antonio.The subject was the policies of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, one year into his presidency of Mexico.The Woodrow Wilson Center, chartered by Congress in 1968, is the nation’s key non-partisan policy forum for tackling global issues through independent research and open dialogue to inform actionable ideas for the policy community. Wood is an internationally renowned specialist on North American politics, Mexico and U.S.-Mexican ties who lectures and publishes on hemispheric issues and relationships. He regularly testifies to the U.S. Congress on U.S.-Mexico relations and is a widely quoted source on Mexican politics.An authority on energy policy, international banking regulation and corruption, he is currently co-chair of the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on Transparency and Anti-Corruption, and is a member of the editorial board of Foreign Affairs Latinoamerica.The above podcast features Wood’s remarks at the McAllen event, which was hosted by IBC Bank and the Rio Grande Valley Partnership. It took place at the McAllen Performing Arts Center. Wood was introduced by Adrian Villarreal, president of IBC Bank-McAllen.
Host Benjamin Gedan is joined by Duncan Wood, director of the Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute, to discuss AMLO's high approval ratings, despite struggles with crime and economic malaise.
Host Benjamin Gedan sits down with Christopher Wilson, deputy director of the Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute, to discuss the El Paso shooting and the Mexican government’s response.
Torsten Slok, Chief Economist for Deutsche Bank AG, on why markets shouldn’t be so certain that the Fed is cutting rates. Duncan Wood, Director of the Mexico Institute at The Wilson Center, on what’s in President Trump’s new deal with Mexico. Deena Shanker, Bloomberg consumer reporter, on Impossible Foods experiencing shortages, and Tyson launching their own meatless product. Nick Colas, Cofounder of DataTrek Research LLC and a Bloomberg Opinion columnist, discusses whether it's time to get defensive. Hosted by Lisa Abramowicz and Paul Sweeney.
Duncan Wood, Director of the Mexico Institute at The Wilson Center, on how President Trump's 5% tariff threat to Mexico over migrants will impact the economy and the trade deal. Alan Baum, auto analyst and Principal at Baum and Associates, on why auto manufacturers and suppliers can't simply move their supply chains out of Mexico. Mike McDonough, Chief Economist: Financial Products for Bloomberg LP, discusses why there won't be a China trade deal. Marc Chandler, Managing Partner and Chief Market Strategist at Bannockburn Global Forex, discusses why there are opportunities in EM as companies leave China. Hosted by Lisa Abramowicz and Paul Sweeney.
Andrew Selee, president of the Migration Policy Institute and former executive vice president of the Woodrow Wilson Center and founder of the Center’s Mexico Institute, discusses the social, cultural, and economic ties between the United States and Mexico. Selee recently spoke at the Baker Institute Mexico Center and presented his most recent book, Vanishing Frontiers: The Forces Driving Mexico and the United States Together. Video of the event is available at: https://www.bakerinstitute.org/events/1991/ For more information on the Baker Institute Mexico Center, visit our website at https://www.bakerinstitute.org/mexico-center/ To join our mailing list, please subscribe here and make sure to check "Mexico" as your area of interest.
This is episode 9 of the podcast Eagles, Globes, and Anchors from the Marine Corps War College (MCWAR) featuring our guest host, Dr. William Morgan, Course Director of the Diplomacy and Statecraft Course at the Marine Corps War College. Dr. Morgan’s guest is Dr. Duncan Wood, Director of the Mexico Institute at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C.. Dr. Wood discusses the recent developments in Mexico and the U.S. - Mexican relationship. Eagles, Globes, and Anchors is the strategically-minded podcast of the Marine Corps War College, covering the intersection of strategy, security, and warfare. The Marine Corps War College, as the senior PME institution of the Marine Corps, educates selected military and civilian professionals in order to develop critical thinkers, military strategists, joint warfighters and strategic leaders who are prepared to meet the challenges of a complex and dynamic security environment. The views expressed in this podcast reflect those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views, policies, or positions of the United States Marine Corps or Department of Defense. You can follow the Marine Corps War College on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook at @mcwarcollege.(Podcast created by: US Air Force Lt Col Jason Palma)
As President Trump is deadlocked with Congress over border wall funding, the government suffers a partial shutdown and true immigration reform is put on the back burner. The fight over border wall funding is distracting Washington from making true immigration reform, according to Dr. Andrew Selee, the President of the Migration Policy Institute – a fact-based institute seeking to improve immigration and integration. Most Americans are in favor of controlled immigrations, according to Dr. Selee. But, immigration laws and loop-holes certainly need reform. However, lawmakers can’t grapple with true reform while they are entrenched in positions about the border wall being proposed by Trump and part of the federal government remains shut-down. These are distractions away from a true immigration overhaul. Dr. Selee also defines our immigration problems and describes the distinctions between illegal immigration and requests for asylum. He notes that most of the people currently seeking asylum from fearful conditions in their countries are from Guatemala and other Central and South American countries and not from Mexico. Dr. Selee points out flaws in the arguments of both sides. He notes that the President is not correct when he says most hard-drugs come through illegal immigration or asylum seekers. Instead, they are ferried into the country in vehicles, planes and ships through ports of entry. He notes that some in opposition are incorrect when they say that some walls don’t work. Dr. Selee notes that at some parts of the border walls are a proper deterrent whereas in other places walls would not work at all. He is hopeful that politicians and policy-makers can pull back from current brinksmanship and delve into true immigration reform matters. Prior to the Migration Policy Institute, Dr. Selee spent 17 years at the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. and founded the Center’s Mexico Institute. He also served as Vice President for Programs and Executive Vice President. He has written several books including his most recent: “Vanishing Frontiers: The Forces Driving Mexico and the United States Together published by Public Affairs in 2018.
In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we speak with Duncan Wood, director of the Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute, about the upcoming inauguration of Mexico’s President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Even after a bumpy ride during the post-election transition period, expectations remain relatively high. What immediate challenges will AMLO face after his swearing-in? Can he get off to a fast start, and how will U.S.-Mexico relations change when he takes office?
In this edition of Wilson Center NOW we discuss the new USMCA trade agreement between the United States, Mexico, and Canada with Duncan Wood, Director of the Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute. He highlights how the new deal may affect consumers, businesses, and industry in North America and discusses who stands to lose and gain the most from its ratification.
Dr. Jim Allison, Chairman of Immunology at the MD Anderson Cancer Center, on winning the Nobel Prize for his cancer treatment research on immunotherapies. Duncan Wood, Director of the Mexico Institute at The Wilson Center, on why the new Canada-Mexico trade deal represents a modernization of the 1994 NAFTA deal. Brendan Coughlin, President of Consumer Lending at Citizens Bank, on their new student lending survey and the impact of growing student loan debt. Alberto Gallo, Partner and Portfolio Manager for the Algebris Macro Credit Fund at Algebris Investments, on outlook for Italy contagion.
With so much political effort placed into forcing a wall between the US and Mexico, Andrew Selee's new book shows how the ties that bind the two countries together are much stronger. Selee has been on the podcast before with his book, What Should Think Tanks Do?: A Strategic Guide to Policy Impact (Stanford, 2018). His latest book, Vanishing Frontiers: The Forces Driving Mexico and the United States Together (PublicAffairs, 2018), focuses on the variety of ways Mexico and the US have been working together, on everything from air transportation to border security to innovation. The dozens of stories about cooperation suggest a bi-lateral relationship that has been growing stronger and deeper over the last several decades. At the end of our conversation, Selee addresses the current border issues and whether changes in US policy will harm the burgeoning relationship between the two countries. Selee is President of the Migration Policy Institute, he had been Vice President of the Woodrow Wilson Center and director of its Mexico Institute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
With so much political effort placed into forcing a wall between the US and Mexico, Andrew Selee’s new book shows how the ties that bind the two countries together are much stronger. Selee has been on the podcast before with his book, What Should Think Tanks Do?: A Strategic Guide to Policy Impact (Stanford, 2018). His latest book, Vanishing Frontiers: The Forces Driving Mexico and the United States Together (PublicAffairs, 2018), focuses on the variety of ways Mexico and the US have been working together, on everything from air transportation to border security to innovation. The dozens of stories about cooperation suggest a bi-lateral relationship that has been growing stronger and deeper over the last several decades. At the end of our conversation, Selee addresses the current border issues and whether changes in US policy will harm the burgeoning relationship between the two countries. Selee is President of the Migration Policy Institute, he had been Vice President of the Woodrow Wilson Center and director of its Mexico Institute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
With so much political effort placed into forcing a wall between the US and Mexico, Andrew Selee’s new book shows how the ties that bind the two countries together are much stronger. Selee has been on the podcast before with his book, What Should Think Tanks Do?: A Strategic Guide to Policy Impact (Stanford, 2018). His latest book, Vanishing Frontiers: The Forces Driving Mexico and the United States Together (PublicAffairs, 2018), focuses on the variety of ways Mexico and the US have been working together, on everything from air transportation to border security to innovation. The dozens of stories about cooperation suggest a bi-lateral relationship that has been growing stronger and deeper over the last several decades. At the end of our conversation, Selee addresses the current border issues and whether changes in US policy will harm the burgeoning relationship between the two countries. Selee is President of the Migration Policy Institute, he had been Vice President of the Woodrow Wilson Center and director of its Mexico Institute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
With so much political effort placed into forcing a wall between the US and Mexico, Andrew Selee’s new book shows how the ties that bind the two countries together are much stronger. Selee has been on the podcast before with his book, What Should Think Tanks Do?: A Strategic Guide to Policy Impact (Stanford, 2018). His latest book, Vanishing Frontiers: The Forces Driving Mexico and the United States Together (PublicAffairs, 2018), focuses on the variety of ways Mexico and the US have been working together, on everything from air transportation to border security to innovation. The dozens of stories about cooperation suggest a bi-lateral relationship that has been growing stronger and deeper over the last several decades. At the end of our conversation, Selee addresses the current border issues and whether changes in US policy will harm the burgeoning relationship between the two countries. Selee is President of the Migration Policy Institute, he had been Vice President of the Woodrow Wilson Center and director of its Mexico Institute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
With so much political effort placed into forcing a wall between the US and Mexico, Andrew Selee’s new book shows how the ties that bind the two countries together are much stronger. Selee has been on the podcast before with his book, What Should Think Tanks Do?: A Strategic Guide to Policy Impact (Stanford, 2018). His latest book, Vanishing Frontiers: The Forces Driving Mexico and the United States Together (PublicAffairs, 2018), focuses on the variety of ways Mexico and the US have been working together, on everything from air transportation to border security to innovation. The dozens of stories about cooperation suggest a bi-lateral relationship that has been growing stronger and deeper over the last several decades. At the end of our conversation, Selee addresses the current border issues and whether changes in US policy will harm the burgeoning relationship between the two countries. Selee is President of the Migration Policy Institute, he had been Vice President of the Woodrow Wilson Center and director of its Mexico Institute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
With so much political effort placed into forcing a wall between the US and Mexico, Andrew Selee’s new book shows how the ties that bind the two countries together are much stronger. Selee has been on the podcast before with his book, What Should Think Tanks Do?: A Strategic Guide to Policy Impact (Stanford, 2018). His latest book, Vanishing Frontiers: The Forces Driving Mexico and the United States Together (PublicAffairs, 2018), focuses on the variety of ways Mexico and the US have been working together, on everything from air transportation to border security to innovation. The dozens of stories about cooperation suggest a bi-lateral relationship that has been growing stronger and deeper over the last several decades. At the end of our conversation, Selee addresses the current border issues and whether changes in US policy will harm the burgeoning relationship between the two countries. Selee is President of the Migration Policy Institute, he had been Vice President of the Woodrow Wilson Center and director of its Mexico Institute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
My guest is Andrew Selee. In his new book, Vanishing Frontiers: The Forces Driving Mexico and the United States Together (https://www.amazon.com/Vanishing-Frontiers-Forces-Driving-Together/dp/1610398599), he argues that there may be no story today with a wider gap between fact and fiction than the relationship between the United States and Mexico. Wall or no wall, deeply intertwined social, economic, business, cultural, and personal relationships mean the US-Mexico border is more like a seam than a barrier, weaving together two economies and cultures. Mexico faces huge crime and corruption problems, but its remarkable transformation over the past two decades has made it a more educated, prosperous, and innovative nation than most Americans realize. Through portraits of business leaders, migrants, chefs, movie directors, police officers, and media and sports executives, Andrew Selee looks at this emerging Mexico, showing how it increasingly influences our daily lives in the United States in surprising ways--the jobs we do, the goods we consume, and even the new technology and entertainment we enjoy. From the Mexican entrepreneur in Missouri who saved the US nail industry, to the city leaders who were visionary enough to build a bridge over the border fence so the people of San Diego and Tijuana could share a single international airport, to the connections between innovators in Mexico's emerging tech hub in Guadalajara and those in Silicon Valley, Mexicans and Americans together have been creating productive connections that now blur the boundaries that once separated us from each other. Andrew Selee is president of the Migration Policy Institute and former executive vice president of the Woodrow Wilson Center, where he founded and directed its Mexico Institute. For five years in the 1990s he lived in a shantytown in Tijuana, Mexico, helping to start a community center and home for migrant youth. In the quarter-century since, he has witnessed firsthand the dramatic transformation of this city specifically and the country as a whole. Dr. Selee writes a regular column for Mexico's largest newspaper and has written op-eds for the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times. Special Guest: Andrew Selee.
There may be no story today with a wider gap between fact and fiction than the relationship between the United States and Mexico. Deeply intertwined social, economic, cultural, and family relationships make the U.S.-Mexico border more seam than barrier, weaving together two economies, societies, and cultures. Mexico has undergone a remarkable transformation over the past two decades that has made it a more educated, prosperous, and innovative nation than most Americans realize. And this emerging Mexico increasingly influences our daily lives in the United States in surprising ways—the jobs we do, the goods we consume, and even the new technology and entertainment we enjoy. At this discussion, marking the release of MPI President Andrew Selee's latest book, speakers explore the emerging trends in migration, economic interdependence, technology innovation, and cultural exchange that are transforming the relationship between the United States and Mexico, and the policy implications of these changes for our future. INTRODUCTION: Andrew Selee, President, MPI Duncan Wood, Director, Mexico Institute, Wilson Center OPENING REMARKS Jose Antonio Zabalgoitia, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Mexico to the United StatesSPEAKERS Alan Bersin, former Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (2012-17), and former Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (2010-11) Carla Hills, Chair and CEO, Hills & Company, and former U.S. Trade Representative (1989-93) Antonio Ortiz-Mena, Senior Vice President, Albright Stonebridge Group, and Adjunct Professor, Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE) and Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown UniversityCLOSING REMARKSRoberta Jacobson, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico (2016-18) ADJOURNMENTDoris Meissner, Senior Fellow and Director, U.S. Immigration Policy Program, MPI
In the first session of a day-long conference on modern Mexico, a panel of economists, political scientists and journalists assess Mexico’s challenges and opportunities as it attempts to regain momentum after the tumult of the last three years. Panelists include: Carlos Capistran, Chief Mexico Economist, Bank of America Merrill Lynch; Pablo Chico Hernandez, Division Director, Grupo Carrix; Leonardo Curzio, News Director and Anchor, Primera Emision, Enfoque Noticias; and Paz Consuelo Marquez-Padilla, Professor, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Chris Wilson, the Deputy Director of the Mexico Institute at the Wilson Center, moderates. Mexico Moving Forward is hosted by the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at the School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego. Series: "Mexico Moving Forward" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 30334]
In the first session of a day-long conference on modern Mexico, a panel of economists, political scientists and journalists assess Mexico’s challenges and opportunities as it attempts to regain momentum after the tumult of the last three years. Panelists include: Carlos Capistran, Chief Mexico Economist, Bank of America Merrill Lynch; Pablo Chico Hernandez, Division Director, Grupo Carrix; Leonardo Curzio, News Director and Anchor, Primera Emision, Enfoque Noticias; and Paz Consuelo Marquez-Padilla, Professor, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Chris Wilson, the Deputy Director of the Mexico Institute at the Wilson Center, moderates. Mexico Moving Forward is hosted by the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at the School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego. Series: "Mexico Moving Forward" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 30334]
Speakers: John Feeley, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Department of State Arturo Sarukhan, Chairman, Global Solutions/A Podesta Company; former Mexican Ambassador to the U.S. Jorge Suarez-Velez, Founding Partner, SP Capital Duncan Wood, Director, Mexico Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Moderator: Leon Krauze, Anchor, Univision KMEX, Los Angeles. New national leadership in Mexico, and renewed national leadership in the United States, create the conditions for redefining the two countries' relationship. In recent months, the headlines about drug violence and corruption have been superseded by a narrative about the thriving Mexican economy, the "Aztec Tiger." Current political trends in the U.S. have raised expectations of progress on the issues of migration and cross-border security. Amid this opening, our panel will focus on the economic alliance between the U.S. and Mexico, with a special emphasis on the energy and financial sectors. What kinds of business collaborations and financial initiatives can promote further prosperity in both countries, which already trade $1.5 billion in goods each day?
Speakers: Cate Ambrose, President and Executive Director, Latin American Private Equity & Venture Capital Association David Dreier, Chairman, Annenberg-Dreier Commission; former U.S. Congressman Carlos Elizondo, Professor, Center for Research and Teaching in Economics Eduardo Moron, Director, Economic Studies, Latin American Reserve Fund Moderator: Duncan Wood, Director, Mexico Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. What is the new model for Latin America? For the past decade, Brazil has captured worldwide attention as it joined the ranks of the planet's 10 top economies and was rewarded with the Olympics and the World Cup. However, Brazil's growth has stalled, and Mexico has reasserted itself as the fastest-growing of Latin America's large economies, despite its own internal issues. Meanwhile, Colombia has enjoyed a tremendous resurgence, heralded by a free-trade pact with the U.S. At the same time, the Castro-Chavez model has spread from Cuba and Venezuela to Bolivia. Our panel will consider the region's best bet to promote further growth. Should it follow a strategy of trade blocs, protected industries and social programs driven by natural resource riches, or free-trade agreements and luring foreign investment with an increasingly competitive workforce?
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