I tuned into a discussion on the USMCA, the replacement of NAFTA, today, March 6, 2024. The topic of USMCA expansion was not even broached, despite this is the 3rd year of its operation, and the discussion at the Brookings served as a summary of the year's review of the trade agreement's activities.
This is: despite that China has already been surveying how it might bring Costa Rica into its networks of supply chains. It is said, I understand, that Mexico will be expanding its rail transportation to service the Central American countries. With the Panama losing water, it may be a good thing to be looking for another location of the Panama Canal, as an addition to the one in use.
The point is, the US is looking into cutting back in allowing migrants from South and Central America to enter the States. Mexico is sometimes mentioned as a place they could temporarily stay. But Mexico is riddled with drug cartel members of the Sinola gangs. No place for tired weary migrants to rest from their journeys north!
On the other hand, Guatemala is going to have a new President; and there's the countryside setting, conducive to raising kids and having plenty of grandads and grandmas around to entertain them. The family traditions keep relatives entertained, too. Migrants might set up camp there.
Be that as it may, I am recommending that the US trade Amb./representative, Ms. Katherine Tai, lead in pursuing whether certain countries of Central America would consider membership in USMCA through our efforts, whether or not it coincides with what Mexico says it is doing along those lines.
Cordially,
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