Mexico hurting—yet hopeful—as US economic nationalism hits

MXPE Weekly Essentials ft. critical minerals, cross-border arm-twisting, US army bullets killing Mexicans, and other highlights in Mexican politics, policy, and markets from the past week.

MXPE Weekly Essentials. Only the most important news in Mexican politics, policy, and markets from the past week.

Last week’s highlights:

• Maybe mining more Mexican minerals?—Mexico and the US have come to an agreement, after the Trump administration convened a “Critical Minerals Ministerial” to come up with a strategy to provide strategic supply chains with raw materials secured from reliable sources.
  Though couched in hemispheric and geo-political language, Mexico is also keen to get involved despite not wanting to broach the fact that the plan is aimed