Before heading off to Guadalajara for talks today with his two "amigos" from Canada and Mexico, US president Barack Obama blamed the weakened states of their economies as the reason for his promised reworking of the North American Free Trade Agreement being taken off the table. Full Story »
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One of those problems is Mexico’s dependence on the US economy for foreign trade. In spite of efforts to diversify, Mexico relies on the US for 80 per cent of its ... More »
Brief overview of the issues likely to be addressed at the upcoming summit between Barack Obama and his Mexican counterpart, Felipe Calderon, as well as Canada, Prime Minister Stephen Harper. While this report is factual, I found it to lack depth and context about this important topic.
Claudio Loser, former head of the IMF’s western hemisphere department and now a visiting senior fellow at the Washington-based Inter-American Dialogue, is so downbeat ... More »
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