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The United States government could request a panel process by February to settle the ongoing energy dispute with Mexico over practices that are considered to be in violation of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada-Agreement, or USMCA. This is according to Vanessa Sciarra, vice president of Trade and International Competitiveness at the American Clean Power Association (ACP), who spoke…

A trio of U.S. trade organizations led by the American Petroleum Institute (API) is again calling on the Biden administration to engage forcefully with Mexico over the latter’s energy policies, which the groups say give preferential treatment to Mexico’s state-owned producers of hydrocarbons and electricity. In a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai, API…

Mexico, the United States and Canada continue to work through their trade policy differences as the world’s energy supply becomes an increasing piece of geopolitical gamesmanship. It has been 75 days since U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai announced that her office was requesting dispute settlement consultations with Mexico centered around energy. Under rules of…

It’s probable that a trade dispute between Mexico and its northern neighbors Canada and the United States will be resolved through discussion, Carlos Flores, Director of Business Development at Nordex Group for Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Central America & Caribbean, told NGI’s Mexico GPI.  “Nonetheless, there is no question that, if the consultations are taken to…

Energy sector tensions between the United States and Mexico have quieted in recent days as both sides work to change the narrative towards cooperation.  U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and Secretary of State Antony Blinken were in Mexico City on Monday to speak to top officials, including Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Orador, in what…

Mexico needs to reach an agreement during the consultation period with its commercial partners in the United States-Mexico-Canada-Agreement (USMCA) as part of a dispute over energy policies, Teresa Gallegos, an expert attorney in the Mexican energy industry, told NGI’s Mexico GPI.  If it doesn’t, “Mexico will be in a very unfavorable position which will without…

Mexican President Andrés Maneul López Obrador, joined by U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday pledged to create a “North American strategy on methane and black carbon” during a trilateral summit in Washington, DC. The strategy will aim “to reduce methane emissions from all sectors, especially oil and gas,” the…

All eyes in Mexico’s energy sector were on Washington, DC on Thursday as President Biden hosted Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in the first summit of its kind since 2016. Ahead of the so-called “Three Amigos” summit, the Canadian Chamber of Congress, Mexican business group Consejo Coordinador Empresarial…

A bipartisan group of Texas legislators has asked the Biden administration to intervene on behalf of U.S. energy companies operating in Mexico amid the latter country’s increasingly nationalistic energy policies. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, along with 18 of the state’s 32 U.S. representatives, signed a letter Tuesday (Oct. 19) to U.S. Ambassador to…