The environment of the summit between Presidents Biden, López Obrador, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, before taking place, was surrounded by more questions than answers.
The public speech of President López Obrador is an anomaly that does not leave a bad taste in the mouth if we take into account that the trade agreement between the United States, Canada and Mexico acts as a shared Constitution.
It is an anomaly because AMLO’s speech was economic, of market integration and against China. Three elements absent during his lectures at the National Palace.
It is an anomaly because it defines the commercial agreement as “a valuable instrument to consolidate our production processes”. Fundamental element: he speaks in the plural, escaping the ethnocentric vision of his domestic discourses.
It is an anomaly because it finally recognizes the need to compete as a region against the outside: the T-MEC “will allow us to develop like no other region in the world.”
It is an anomaly because he introduces data in his speech: “If the trend of the last decade continues, in another 30 years, by 2051, China would have control of 42% of the world market and we, the United States, Mexico and Canada would be left with 12 percent ”.
It is an anomaly because in his speech he introduces macroeconomic indicators: “The per capita consumption in America is 18,100 dollars per year, while in Asia it is 4,400 dollars.”
AMLO’s speech leaves the Trump chapter behind by applauding Biden for his intention to legalize migrants: “No president in the history of the United States has expressed, as you have, such a clear and unequivocal commitment to improve the situation of migrants and I therefore express my appreciation ”.
The non-domestic speeches and, in particular, the trips abroad of President López Obrador are anomalous because he only travels outside the country only once a year on average. Any reaction or comment you make about non-Mexican events becomes news.
There is no doubt that the summit with Canada and the United States encourages the pragmatism of President López Obrador, and leaves behind his Chavista rhetoric that undoubtedly leaves him in a bad way in front of democrats or state leaders accustomed to respecting the rule of law.
Foreign contact with President López Obrador should not be an anomaly. All interactions and contacts at summits represent the expansion of the national spectrum, a situation that should not be an optional matter for the president.
Ambassador Ken Salazar has been the politician who has turned on the long lights of the White House. With them he has seen the risk that the approval of the energy reform proposed by President AMLO would represent.
The dependence that Mexico has on the United States makes the T-MEC trade agreement the fourth Mexican power, a power with which the United States and Canada have clear legal interference in Mexico, all with the approval of President AMLO.
Ambassador Ken Salazar has reminded President López Obrador of the red lines that he would face in the event that he fails to comply with the provisions of the T-MEC.
Yesterday, President Biden signed the extraterritorial law with which his government will support DEA agents operating abroad. This is the response to the amendment to the Security law that President López Obrador signed last year, the anti DEA law.
It is politics.
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He was a research professor in the Department of International Studies at ITAM, published the book Referendum Twitter and was editor and contributor to various newspapers such as 24 Horas, El Universal, Milenio. He has published in magazines such as Foreign Affairs, Le Monde Diplomatique, Life & Style, Chilango and Revuelta. He is currently an editor and columnist for El Economista.
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