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MXPE Weekly Essentials
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US-Mexico military ties, the rise of computer trade, bank breakup, and other highlights in Mexican politics, policy, and markets from the past week.

Dec 16, 2024
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There was a peculiar coincidence last week when Donald Trump named Ron Johnson as his ambassador to Mexico. No, it wasn’t the confusion surrounding another Ron Johnson, who happens to be a staunch Trump supporter and a US senator from Wisconsin. It was the connection between the Trump nominee and US’s 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne).

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