Mexico’s reliance on U.S. natural gas imports is likely to increase if Claudia Sheinbaum, who is expected to win Mexico’s June 2 presidential election, maintains the state-centric approach of outgoing President Andrés Manual López Obrador, aka AMLO, according to analyst Carlos Ramírez Fuentes.

Ramírez, a political and economic risk consultant at Mexico City-based Integralia Consultores, explained why in a report he co-authored for the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute titled, The Mexican Energy Sector after AMLO.

The report discussed the likely scenarios facing the industry after López Obrador leaves office and is succeeded by either Sheinbaum or Xóchitl Gálvez, the two leading candidates.

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