Fragile peace, a challenging chess board.
In my last newsletter, I raised the question as to whether we were living through a transformational moment or more of the same. Now, weeks later, the answer seems stark: we are witnessing profound and accelerating movement across the globe including emerging and complex dynamics in the Middle East, ever-increasing stakes in Ukraine, and heightened…
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On June 24-25, NATO members hosted a summit at The Hague. Among the summit attendees’ pledges, leaders committed to investing 5% of their GDP on defense by 2035 and another US$ 46.5 billion in defense aid to Ukraine. On July 14, president Trump endorsed a plan for European allies to purchase U.S. military equipment for…
More Info about A transformative moment, or more of the same.Summer’s here, and the world’s simmering.
Summer’s here, and we’re living through quite the geopolitical moment. You might call it a scorcher, or the world seemingly set at boil. But one thing’s for sure; the stakes are high, and here at White & Case Mexico we’ll continue to closely track matters for our clients and friends. The U.S-China relationship remains a dynamic and contentious one. While reciprocal tariffs between the two countries…
More Info about Summer’s here, and the world’s simmering.Spring is definitely in the air. Rory’s got his green jacket, and the jacarandas have been in bloom here in Mexico City for weeks now. Rather than try and provide a tic-toc on the shifting dynamics in the overall US-Mexico relationship, I wanted to get a note out to you with some thoughts on the…
Read More about Spring is in the air, and so are the tariffs.Last Sunday, very different scenes played out in two of North America’s capital cities. In Mexico City, thousands of Mexicans rallied together to celebrate president Sheinbaum’s success in delaying most of the tariffs threatened by the U.S.. Meanwhile, in Ottawa, Mark Carney overwhelming won the race to be Canada’s next prime minister. Both of these…
Read More about Tariffs, Tyrants and Trump.As we close out 2024, I want to begin this last note of the year by first thanking my friends, clients, associates, and readers for their support over these past 12 months. With less than a month until year’s end, yet another seemingly once in a generation geopolitical event occurred with the ouster of…
Read More about Turmoil and tariffs spell tension in 2025From the devastation in the wake of Hurricane Helene in the U.S. southeast to an expansion of the conflict in the Middle East, there is a lot going on in the world right now. Today, though, I want to focus on Mexico’s political transition. On Tuesday, Claudia Sheinbaum – a climate scientist and career public…
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