Mexico: OECD Survey 2017

This survey includes an excellent assessment of the achievements and shortcomings of Mexico's ongoing reform program.  The report provides also a comprehensive anaysis of how Mexico has become an important actor in the global maunfacturing supply chain.  This will be a crucial issue in assessing what is at stake during any NAFTA negotiations. Mexico-2017-OECD-Survey

China: Currency Manipulator?

4 April 2017 When Chinese President Xi Jinping visits Florida, trade will be at the top of the agenda. The meeting occurs at a pivotal moment when President Trump’s “America first” agenda has put China in the unusual position of being the champion of liberal global trade.  Indeed, America’s withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership provides [...]

Trump & G20: Collision Course

23 March 2017 Two developments occurring over the weekend have the potential to put the United States on a collision course with its trading partners.  In order to win US approval, the communique released following the G20 meeting in Baden-Baden softened its previous commitment to countering “all forms of protectionism” – a pledge widely regarded [...]