Category: Research
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The U.S. Is Dumping More than Tariffs on Mexico
The looming Trump tariffs, to be levied this Saturday, will complete a neoliberal hat trick of unfair trade policies by the U.S. toward Mexico. Nowhere is that hypocrisy plainer than in the corn market—where cheap imports of the staple crop routinely undermine Mexican farmers and biodiversity. In December, a USMCA dispute panel ruled in favor…
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The Ruin and Renewal of Mexican Economic Nationalism
With Mexican president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum’s recent victory all over recent press, many are remarking on the continued surge of left-wing politics below the U.S. southern border. Sheinbaum is predicted to expand on several policies implemented by her predecessor and confrère Andrés López Manuel Obrador, including those associated with a loose programme of economic nationalism. I…
Stewart A. L. James 