Marcelo Ebrard, Sheinbaum’s manager to defend the review of the T-MEC

Carlos Novoa, president of the Mexican Institute of Foreign Trade Executives (IMECE), highlights that it should not be forgotten that Ebrard was involved in the negotiation of the T-MEC, which is why he knows perfectly well the magnitude of the region’s trade relationship.

“In 2026, the T-MEC will be reviewed, which has a significant degree of complexity; it will have to consolidate a negotiating team,” said Novoa.

For Jesús Carrillo, director of Economics of the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness (Imco), Ebrard has a clear knowledge of the world, of how international and commercial relations are, which explains why he has been chosen for the Ministry of Economy.

Furthermore, his academic training cannot be left aside. Marcelo Ebrard has a degree in International Relations from the College of Mexico. He also has a specialty in Public Administration at the National School of Administration in Paris, France.

“Something to highlight about Marcelo Ebrard, who left the College of Mexico, is his high negotiating profile, because now more than ever it is required for what is coming up in Mexico’s trade agenda,” comments Ignacio Martínez Cortés, coordinator of the Laboratory of Analysis in Commerce, Economics and Business (Lacen) from UNAM.

Although specialists agree that Ebrard is a figure with a good image abroad, not everything will be given to him on a silver platter, because Mexico still has pending tough issues, such as the corn panel and a possible reactivation of the energy dispute under the T-MEC.

“Ebrard is also responsible for resolving the various controversies that have arisen related to investment issues, rapid response labor mechanisms and legislative reforms that have generated a certain degree of concern among Mexico’s trading partners,” says Novoa.

On the same topic, the Imco specialist anticipates that the corn controversy will not be so easy, “the next president gave a clear message. In fact, it seemed wrong to me, about not allowing the use of transgenic corn here, (. ..) that front seems to me to exceed Ebrard’s capabilities, because it is an executive policy; as long as the Mexican government does not back down, I think there is not much to do,” Carrillo anticipates.

In the energy sector, it is not ruled out that the dispute could revive, although the heart of this disagreement was eliminated with the Court’s determination of the unconstitutionality of the reform to the Electrical Industry Law that AMLO intended, there is nothing to ensure that it will not happen again. try in the reforms that will be presented in September.

Mexico is now the most important trading partner for the United States, therefore, it is a challenge for Ebrard to make the T-MEC prevail; The degree of difficulty will depend on who is the next president of the United States, a race in which Joe Biden and Donald Trump are competing.