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The Mexico-U.S. Relationship: Tensions and a Path Forward
Arguably no country has been more exposed to Donald Trump's second term than Mexico. The country sends more than 80% of its exports to its neighboring nation and receives more than $60 billion a year in remittances from citizens living in the U.S. President Claudia Sheinbaum has navigated the relationship with notable pragmatism, but tensions are rising again over U.S. demands for greater security cooperation, extradition requests for Morena politicians, and uncertainty over the future of the USMCA. Should Mexico take a more confrontational approach, as Canada has? Or is it destined to…
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