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February 2025

Anti-drug ads are not why Mexico has fewer addicts
The campaigns actually make drug abuse worse and distract from the real, tough solutions.
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The US fallout from tariffs on Mexican steel and aluminium
The biggest winner could be the Chinese auto industry.
1
Mexico’s chip plan stands up to the US
Unpacking the Mexican government’s ambitious semiconductor industrial policy.
1
Untethering trade from the US
Mexico cannot ditch the US completely, but it should diversify its economy away from it.
1

January 2025

Mexico addresses GMOs as badly as the US does fentanyl
Posturing and government ineptitude are exacerbating issues surrounding genetically modified maize.
1
The war has brought peace to Mexico
Mexico’s experience of World War II shows a path for Sheinbaum to thrive under Trump.
Mexico goes much further than tariffs to protect its industry
As Trump threatens, Sheinbaum is unleashing Mexico’s most aggressive protectionist plan in decades.
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Mexico’s most creative economic initiative is radical and ignored
A tiny government programme shows what Sheinbaum should stand for.

December 2024

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