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The United States special envoy for the climate, John Kerry, and the president of Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador met on Friday in the border state of Sonora to discuss investment in renewable energy and the reduction of methane gas, amid a commercial dispute over the energy reforms that the Mexican government is carrying out and that favor national public investment over the participation of the foreign private sector.
United States and Canada they are signatories with Mexico of the T-MEC Trade Agreement and they are not happy with the reforms approved by the Mexican Congress that deal with the reconstruction of the state oil company Pemex and the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) that are detrimental to private firms.
Raul Rezendiz, an expert economist in energy considers that Kerry’s visit is an act of pressure on Mexican energy policy. This is what he told the microphones of RFI: “It is a matter of political pressure. We must take into account what has happened in recent weeks in the political issue in the country. The PRI, PAN and PRD, the three parties of opposition and who opposed President AMLO’s energy reform as a block, a proposal that limits the participation of the private sector in said industry and gives greater emphasis to public investment, that opposition bloc fell apart a few weeks ago due to various political scandals And that opens the door for the president to resubmit his energy reform, because these political scandals were a bargaining chip to make the government have an alliance with the PRI, and that allows the government to discuss the energy issue again. that the presence of North American politicians is explained by the nervousness generated by the president once again putting his reform up for discussion”
The United States produces more than 214 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) Mexico generates 3 tons. United States leads the list of most polluting countries with greenhouse gas. Mexico only contributes 1.2% of total global polluting emissions. The Mexican president received the climate envoy from Washington in what will be the largest photovoltaic farm in Latin America that includes the reforestation of more than a billion trees, solar plants and lithium exploitation. But, in the name of the fight against climate change, the United States asks Mexico to accelerate its energy transition.
Raúl Rezendiz points out in RFI: “There are variations in who pollutes more and less. But deep down it has a lot to do with the capital invested in the country and, above all, maintaining the current status quo in the electricity sector, keeping foreign investments, basically American ones”
