Binational Task Force on Economic Security and Competitiveness

The Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center has convened a US–Mexico Binational Task Force on Economic Security and Competitiveness, focused on strengthening supply chains, advancing bilateral competitiveness, and promoting long-term economic resilience across North America.

The task force will serve as a platform for structured public-private collaboration during and beyond the scheduled review of the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA), which is set to take place this summer. Through private roundtables in the United States and Mexico, as well as public convenings, research products, and data-driven tools, the task force will develop actionable policy recommendations.

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“The US-Mexico relationship, anchored in our immediate neighborhood, is one of the United States’ most important relationships. That’s true for jobs, trade, and security—both our security at the border and our overall national security. The question we need to address is whether our policy tools are keeping up with the realities on the ground.”

“I view this task force as a way to walk the talk, to engage specifically with strategic industries and priority sectors, and to see what goals we can reach. I believe that a better review of USMCA presents enormous opportunities for everybody in the region and that companies and industries in the United States and Mexico will deeply benefit from this.”

“We convene at a moment of both urgency and opportunity for the US-Mexico economic relationship. The assumptions that shaped regional integration over the past three decades no longer fully hold. Yet few countries are better positioned than the United States and Mexico to respond, especially if we move from diagnosis to execution and align public policy with private-sector reality.”