EnergyTradeoffs | conversations that address the difficult tradeoffs with the green energy transition
Energy Markets & Environmental Regulation
A North American energy trade war may be on the horizon, according to Texas A&M Associate Professor Guillermo Garcia Sanchez , an expert on international investment and energy law. Under President Lopez Obrador (AMLO) Mexico has begun to reverse its prior policy of opening its energy markets, and foreign investors are alleging unfair and discriminatory treatment. The Canadian and U.S. governments began consultation procedures with AMLO’s administration but, after seventy-five days, failed to settle the dis
Canada and the United States’ objections mark the first time foreign powers have challenged Mexico’s energy policies since 1938, when Mexico expropriated foreign oil and gas companies. They also may mark the beginning of a regional trade conflict—in the midst of the Russian-Ukraine conflict, unsettled energy markets, and global inflation that has reached its highest levels since the 1970s. Professor Garcia Sanchez’s article, In the Name of Energy Sovereignty , is one of the first to unpack the USMCA’s ener
EnergyTradeoffs | conversations that address the difficult tradeoffs with the green energy transition