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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico could raise concerns over potential barriers to its agriculture exports to the United States in any future negotiations over the Mexican government’s contentious energy policy, Economy Minister Tatiana Clouthier said.
Mexican Economy Minister Tatiana Clouthier gestures during an interview with Reuters in Mexico City, Mexico, on January 11, 2021. REUTERS/Dave Graham
Since President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador took office in late 2018 vowing to strengthen the state’s influence over energy policy, Mexico has been at increasing odds with international investors due to measures he has overseen to achieve that goal.
U.S. lawmakers have urged outgoing President Donald Trump to pressure Lopez Obrador to respect private energy investments, and Clouthier said she was well aware of the concern the policy was causing in the United States, Mexico’s top trade partner.
Mandy Orahood
This time, two years ago I was starting this article off with a quote from “A Tale of Two Cities,” unbeknownst to me, this quote would sum up 2020 even more than it did in 2018.
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”
I think it’s safe to say that 2020 was a year that none of us saw coming. So many lives changed so quickly, and so many challenges hit many head on, and the agriculture industry got a front-row seat to those challenges.
jkbowers/Getty Images Plus Key issues that could affect the agriculture industry will likely be addressed, and possibly resolved, by Congress and the White House in the next few years.
The highly contentious 2020 election is now history, and we will move forward with a new administration and several new members of congress, along with changes in leadership of the U.S. House and Senate Agriculture Committees. We will have a new Secretary of Agriculture and new leader in the Environmental Protection Agency. These positions, along with subsequent appointments within the federal and state agencies, can have a big impact on how various agriculture and environmental policies are implemented and administered.