Morning Jolt: Mexico Is About to Flagrantly Violate Its Trade Agreement with the U.S.

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September 09 2024

Mexico Is About to Flagrantly Violate Its Trade Agreement with the U.S.

On the menu today: I know, everybody wants to talk about Trump citing Tucker Carlson's program as proof that 20 percent of all ballots in 2020 were fraudulent, the upcoming debate, and the New York Times poll showing an effectively tied race. But today's newsletter focuses on giant and wildly under-covered news: The Mexican government is on the verge of becoming a lot more autocratic, effectively eliminating checks and balances, and almost no one in the U.S. government is paying much attention or objecting too loudly. Our ambassador in Mexico City — former Colorado Democratic senator Ken Salazar — is freelancing and taking the side of outgoing president Andrés Manuel López Obrador against the official U.S. position. The proposed reforms would violate the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement in at least five different ways. Hey, does anybody who's running for president want to talk about this, or nah?

Turmoil in Mexico City

The U.S. media spends a decent amount of time covering and discussing the U.S.–Mexican border, but a ...

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