MXPE Weekly Essentials
Figuring out signal over noise in Trumpism, EU trade deal, worrying job stats, and other highlights in Mexican politics, policy, and markets from the past week.
The day the 47th President of the United States is sworn is not a day worth saying too much on. A leader so mercurial throws all assumptions out the window at a moment’s notice. Just look at the still uncertain but incredibly temporary TikTok ban, which did not stay offline for a full 24 hours before tentatively coming back on vague promises from Trump.
It is a lesson to any would be soothsayers in the Trump era. And yet—almost inevitably—here are two things any Mexico watchers must look out for in the coming days:
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