Trade Groups Urge USTR to Apply 'Forceful Pressure' on Mexico Over Energy

Three trade groups thanked U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai for starting consultations with Mexico over what they call "discriminatory policies" in the energy sector, but warned: "It appears that the administration of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador will not change the course of his country’s energy policy without continued, direct and forceful pressure from the U.S. government."

The American Clean Power Association, The American Petroleum Institute and The National Association of Manufacturers said they don't think Mexico has been responding constructively in consultations. "As such, our organizations respectfully urge that the Biden administration continue to hold Mexico accountable by using every tool available to enforce the USMCA," the groups said in a March 10 letter.