You say that like the US would not try to strong arm and threaten to break trade relations. This is something I 100% see happening, and I hope, and truthfully expect Mexico to stand up to, but it is something I see as very likely for the US to attempt
Its empty threats, they literally cant decouple from México. In fact many industries are moving their production to México in what they call “nearshoring” in an attempt to decouple from China. They can’t decouple from China and México at the same time.
This conjuction provides a ton of leverage for México, which fortunely coincided with the first nationalist gov in decades.
biden told mexico not to extend tax benefits for chinese near shore manufacturing for EV’s to protect american companies and that’s exactly what the mexico did last month; to the detriment of all mexicans.
TIL that not subsidizing foreign companies is bad for mexico!
It was not “biden order” or “US pressure” that led to these policies, it is completely consistent with the current nationalist goverment. It’s the same reason why Tesla doesn’t build their factory in Mexico, they’re not getting concessions like they used to before this goverment. And BYD is going to build their factory regardless (https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/empresas/2024/09/03/byd-desmiente-pausa-en-construccion-de-planta-en-mexico-tendra-los-mas-altos-estandares-tecnologicos/), so it’s a W in my book. 🧏 🤫
Fortunately for us mexicans, the USA has a lot in its plate at the moment with the active fronts and their plans to destabilize China with Taiwan. The current pressure over our country is with the reform of the judiciary branch, the energy sector(where even Washington’s John Kerry came to extort us) and their implementation of the migrant “solution”. Some of the pressure is done through the NED funding of some prominent ONGs that in turn fund the opposition to Morena.
