Fecha Publicación: 12-07-2022

After refusing to attend the IX Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles in June, Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador will visit Washington D.C. for the third time since he took office on July 12th to discuss the bilateral agenda with his U.S. counterpart, Joe Biden. Migration is expected to be the main issue to discuss in the Oval Office. In addition, the climate crisis and energy transition in North America must be at the top of the agenda.

The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) offers a suitable institutional architecture to foster greater regional cooperation to harness the region’s geographical and climate diversity, as well as resource abundance (specifically natural gas, less polluting, more efficient and cheaper than other fossil fuels), to guarantee access to competitive energy. The priority for both the U.S. and Mexican governments should be to develop the necessary infrastructure that enables both parties to exploit this potential.

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