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.Following the feel-good Three Amigos Summit in January, it’s back to the tough work of managing crises and trying to create opportunity in North America. This past Sunday, well over one hundred thousand Mexicans took to the streets in Mexico City and cities across the country to protest President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s latest move to undermine the…
Read More about Three Amigos Summit, check; The road ahead.On Monday and Tuesday of this week, President Joe Biden, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met in Mexico City for the North American Leaders Summit (NALS). While NALS launched in 2005, this week marked only the 10th so-called “Three Amigos” summit. With so many pressing issues on immigration, security and trade facing the…
Read More about “Three Amigos” Summit: Photo op, or North American Leadership?With the holidays just around the corner, 2022 will soon come to a close.Throughout the past year, I’ve been fortunate to work alongside not only great friends, but also extraordinarily talented attorneys here at White & Case Mexico City. And, across the region, White & Case lawyers have been recognized amongst the very best in Latin America.…
Read More about “Polycrisis,” the new normal.Last week, we started to see some encouraging economic news as a transition back to a disinflationary cycle seems to have initiated. Following more than two years of pandemic-related disruptions, supply chains appear to be moving towards normalcy, and some larger trends suggest that “deglobalization” will benefit many emerging countries, including one of the US’ largest trading partners,…
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