Archive - The Mexico Political Economist

Trump’s expensive reinvention of the North American car industry

The effect of US auto tariffs a year into its trade war with Mexico.

Jan 21

Mexico and Canada take opposing paths to Chinese and US trade

These two USMCA partners have yet to turn to a new potent economic ally: each other.

Jan 20

Mexico struggles to keep up with US newspeak around war and trade

“Narcoterrorism,” “friendshoring,” and “antagonisms.” Language shifts in a changing world order.

Jan 14

Mexico stifles a MAGA ally at the worst possible time

Censorship is not only counterproductive, it justifies the fears surrounding the Mexican government.

Jan 13

Mexico is both the world’s haven and battleground for toy makers

Mexican toy makers try to rely less on Santa and more on nostalgia.

Jan 7

After Venezuela, are strikes on Mexico likelier?

In many ways Sheinbaum’s situation is the opposite of Maduro’s. The US will act accordingly.

Jan 5

December 2025

US and China shocked to find Mexico an independent nation

More often than not, Sheinbaum’s government is working on logic that goes beyond greater power geo-politics.

Dec 16, 2025

Why Mexico’s addicted to business chambers and councils

“We all have very different ways of working,” Altagracia Gómez tells The Mexico Political Economist.

Dec 10, 2025

A police force by any other name

Ongoing changes to Mexico’s security apparatus reveal fewer soldiers and more spies.

Dec 9, 2025

A new sector accounts for virtually all Mexico’s manufacturing growth

Mexican industry is evolving in real time—the stats can’t keep up.

Dec 3, 2025

Mexico’s security apparatus reshuffled

A controversial attorney general replaced with a Sheinbaum loyalist.

Dec 1, 2025

November 2025

MXPE’s first book is out!

How a book started on this very newsletter.

Nov 26, 2025

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