The Panamanian government is promoting decarbonization with Net Zero Quota, a program operating in the Panama Canal. One of the biggest challenges facing maritime transport is moving towards decarbonization. To this end, in September 2025, the Panama Canal Authority launched the Net Zero Quota program. The initiative seeks
The Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association (APMA) highlighted that Canada is aligning itself with US industrial security policy in four areas. In the APMA’s view, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is essential to addressing Chinese state-subsidized overcapacity in electric vehicles, batteries, steel, and tools. Industrial security policy The APMA
President Claudia Sheinbaum published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) the tariff increases in Mexico on countries without trade agreements, which will come into effect on January 1. The Mexican Congress raised tariffs on 1,463 tariff items to 50%, the same amount proposed by Sheinbaum, although
Colefom suggests establishing a trilateral mechanism for human mobility within the framework of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). What is Colefom? A network of federations and organizations of Mexican migrants in the United States and Canada. It represents communities abroad, promotes civic participation, and defends the rights, dignity,
China currently dominates mineral supply chains, noted Sarah Stewart, executive director of Silverado Policy Accelerator. While participating in consultations on the USMCA in Washington in early December, Stewart argued that the country or region that controls the supply of these inputs will have an economic and military advantage.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) proposed including a chapter on critical minerals in the USMCA. Diego Marroquín Bitar, a researcher with CSIS’s Americas Program, proposed this change as part of the USTR’s consultations on the USMCA. Critical minerals in the USMCA At the public consultations