Mexico - June 2026

The first article in this June edition of the Latin American Regional Report: Mexico concerns the indictment that the US Department of Justice unsealed against four current Mexican officials, including a state governor and federal senator, and six former officials on 29 April.... Read More

The US Department of Justice unsealed an indictment against four current Mexican officials, including a state governor and federal senator, and six former officials on 29 April.... Read More

On 28 April, Spain’s Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares arrived in Mexico City (CDMX) for a two-day visit to consolidate growing ties between the governments of Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum and Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.... Read More

Mexico kicked off trade negotiations in Mexico City (CDMX) with the US – but without Canada – ahead of the mandatory joint review scheduled for 1 July of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).... Read More

On 22 May Mexico and the European Union (EU) signed an updated version of a trade agreement that had been in force since 2000, at the same time as President Claudia Sheinbaum is renegotiating the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) trade pact.... Read More

International credit rating agencies downgraded Mexico in May over a broad range of concerns, including a deteriorating fiscal position, rising debt levels, sluggish economic growth, and the punitive burden of ongoing financial support for the state-owned oil company, Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex).... Read More

MEXICO | Remittances continue to rise year-on-year.... Read More