Breathe
By Stephanie Henaro Canales
While the country welcomes Claudia Sheinbaum, geopolitics also welcomes her in its own way, with a smile that many would label as Monna Lisa, because she knows that the challenges that await the first woman to lead a macho country are not easy.
So, without wasting time, geopolitics has already begun to speak at his inauguration with the presence of 16 heads of state, of which 13 are from Latin America and the Caribbean and 3 are from Africa. The United States sent First Lady Jill Biden, the King of Spain was not invited, nor were the presidents of Ecuador and Peru. The message is clear, and so is the use for domestic consumption.
Meanwhile, in the party hall of the welcome that geopolitics has prepared for Sheinbaum, the return of nationalism, protectionism and xenophobia in the context of climate change and the new multipolar order, they are already with their champagne glass in hand to toast her arrival and wish her the best of luck.
Especially when it comes to the nearshoring moment we are experiencing, which not only includes the United States, but also a China that looks to Mexico for the relocation of companies, and this speaks of a geopolitical balance that our country must achieve in the face of a northern neighbor that promises to combine nationalism with protectionism and xenophobia, whether with Harris or Trump.
At the end of the day, little changes with one or the other and this leads us to talk about protectionism and tariffs that will be aimed as a gun to the jugular of the T-MEC, to extol U.S. nationalism and pressure Mexico to redouble its efforts as border patrol of their country, and become in fact a safe third country, which in some ways is already visible with Biden and his decree to unilaterally close the border.
Hence, the president will have to develop a foreign policy that balances Mexican nationalism with that of the United States, without closing the door on our main trading partner. Because the geopolitical course will be the same, and this can also be seen in Europe, with the advance of the extreme right and its growing consideration of trade as a national security risk as a result of the disruption in the supply chain due to growing international conflicts.
The latter represents a geopolitical challenge for our supply chains, especially when we import close to 50% of the food we consume and climate change does not help us, both due to high temperatures and excessive rainfall.
In addition to this, we will also have to look for answers to our blackouts in the global trends that will increasingly lean towards renewable energy trade over commodity trade, and we see this in some ways already between the UK and Norway with the North Sea cable and also between Australia and the rest of the Asia Pacific with the sun cable. Putting the latter under the spotlight, again our need to balance the relationship with China versus the US, because the Asians are here to stay.
Thus the geopolitical welcome of Claudia Sheinbaum. Winter is coming.
Last one to leave, turn off the light.
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