U.S. President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. will take over the White House at a time of deepening energy integration between the United States and Mexico, the No. 1 destination for U.S. petroleum products and a growing market for U.S. natural gas exports.

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Tension has been growing between the two countries, however, over the state-centric energy policies of Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

A bipartisan group of U.S. legislators sent a letter to President Trump last month warning of “concerning actions by the government of Mexico that threaten U.S. energy companies’ investment and market access and undermine the spirit of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).”

López Obrador has indicated he will pursue legislative action to at least partially...