U.S. Natural Gas, Oil Companies Say Mexico Energy Policies Undermining Free Trade Pact

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 – along with the National Association of Manufacturers and the American Clean Power Association – urged “continued action to hold Mexico accountable for its discriminatory energy policies by using every tool available under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).”

Since taking office in 2018, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has slammed the brakes on the previous government’s...