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A. Uniqueness - Nieto has been successful in passing reforms, but he need strong, continued support to pass energy reform
Heredia October 17, 2013
(Carlos Heredia, “To fix Washington, look to Mexico”, Christian Science Monitor, http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Common-Ground/2013/1017/To-fix-Washington-look-to-Mexico, DA: Oct. 21)
Enter the "Pact for Mexico" ... southern neighbor leading the way
B. Link
- Economic Engagement with the U.S. causes political backlash – we are constraining ourselves now
Starr 2012
Pamela K. Starr Director, U.S.-Mexico Network Associate Professor (NTT) University Fellow, Center on Public Diplomacy University of Southern California “U.S.-Mexico Relations and Mexican Domestic Politics,” Prepared for the Oxford Handbook on Mexican Politics (forthcoming 2011) and presented at the Latin American Studies Congress, 6-10 October 2012, Toronto, CA.
The six drivers, three axioms ... damage it could cause to the bilateral relationship
2. U.S. unpopular with Mexican government
Ford October 21, 2013
(Dana Ford, “Mexico lashes out against report of U.S. spying”, CNN, Oct. 21 2013, http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/20/world/americas/mexico-nsa-spying/, DA: Oct. 21)
Unacceptable. Illegitimate. And against the law ... place," the ministry said
C. Impact - Energy reforms are key to reverse declining production that kills the US economy, destabilizes Mexico and the region
Wood 2009
(Duncan Wood, Office of the William E. Simon Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, “Cantarell, Mexico's Economy and Interdependence,” Mexico Institute Director at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, November 30th, 2009. http://csis.org/blog/cantarell-mexicos-economy-and-interdependence)
The story of how Mexico ... on US economic growth