Joe Biden is in Mexico for the U.S-Mexico-Canada North American Summit, and as we have said the demands from the U.S and Canada to join the western climate change energy agenda immediately come to the forefront.
As National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan briefs the traveling press corps, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm starts tweeting in support of the overall narrative.
The overall effort is designed to force Mexico to join the western Build Back Better energy policy agenda, known domestically as the Green New Deal.
Previously Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez-Obrador has pushed back against the pressure from the U.S. and told Joe Biden his nation would remain focused on economic gains, that includes the use of traditional Oil, Coal and Natural Gas resources. However, the corporations and multinational financial constructs who control the Biden and Trudeau administrations, WEF types, are not going to accept that.
It is within this very consequential economic dynamic that we begin to see a host of other ancillary geopolitical aspects start to build against the AMLO administration, to include cartel activity perhaps stimulated by covert U.S. intelligence activity. We have been outlining the importance of Mexico for several months, there are trillions at stake.
The first pressure point applied, was to demand AMLO join the Biden and Trudeau group by condemning the populist uprising in Brazil [Accomplished]. Among other geopolitical facets, this joint condemnation helps set distance between Mexico and the potential for any BRICS alliance.
With that secured, now the Biden team led by Jake Sullivan (Neocon wing of State Dept), start to apply pressure around social issues (immigration), cultural issues (fentanyl trade), humanitarian issues (human trafficking, border crisis, drugs and cartels); then building toward economic issues (worker conditions and trade) ultimately culminating with energy policy (Green New Deal).
(White House) – […] And President López Obrador and President Biden will have the opportunity to discuss questions related to supply chains, to clean energy cooperation, and to a larger economic vision of North America that involves high labor standards, high environmental standards, and as much positively reinforcing economic activity as possible that allows the United States to be the manufacturing powerhouse that President Biden has talked about but also is a win-win for Mexico and Canada, and reduces our dependencies on other countries and other parts of the world who don’t necessarily share the same values that we share with our partners here in North America.
There will be a lot of other issues on the agenda: broader law enforcement cooperation, questions related to how we move forward a common agenda to combat the climate crisis, health, people-to-people ties, and so much else.
But these areas in particular — migration, fentanyl, and integrated supply chains and the increased strength of North America’s manufacturing and innovation powerhouse in critical sectors, including in the clean energy sector — these are the areas, I think, where you will see the greatest amount of focus.
The final point I would make: This trip is a good opportunity for President Biden to deepen his personal engagement with President López Obrador and Prime Minister Trudeau. Yesterday, he had the opportunity to ride with President López Obrador from the airport back into town, which gave them the chance to just have a one-on-one chat on kind of how they’re seeing the world right now, what’s on their minds. I think they both got a lot out of it.
And then, this evening, they will have the chance to all meet together with their spouses for a personal dinner. So that’s an important dimension to this as well.
[…] Q – And briefly, can you say whether the presidents discussed the dispute over Mexican energy policy, which has been a thorn in trade ties for some time, in either the limo ride — or does he plan to discuss it over the next couple of days? What is President Biden’s message to President López Obrador on that issue?
MR. SULLIVAN: I’m not going to read out the conversation in the limo because I think that was a personal conversation between the two of them. I’ll let each of them speak to it, to the extent they feel comfortable doing so.
What I will say is that the question of energy policy and the consultations over energy will be on the agenda, will come up between the two leaders on this trip. I want to leave it at that because those are sensitive conversations. They’re best done behind closed doors. But the President certainly comes with that as a key part of his economic agenda here.
Q Can I follow up? Can I follow on the — just the energy part? In talking to U.S. energy companies, they’re frustrated at the pace of these negotiations, consultations. The deadline — it expires, it’s been extended.
They are urging this White House to take the next step of calling a dispute panel, saying that there’s evidence that that is necessary. Is that something the U.S. is considering? And kind of what — what would need — what are the preconditions you would need to see in order to kind of call a dispute panel?
MR. SULLIVAN: So, I’m not going to negotiate in public or telegraph next steps in public. I’ll just say that we remain in close touch with all of those energy stakeholders. We remain in close touch with both Democrats and Republicans on the Hill. In fact, I’ve spoken with members just this morning on this issue, to keep them up to date on what we’re doing.
And as I said before, this will be a topic between the leaders here in Mexico, but I don’t want to get ahead of their opportunity to discuss this. I would just say that we think consultations have helped clarify both the nature of U.S. concerns, have identified some potential pathways forward, but we’re not there yet. And we’ll make determinations about next steps based how things unfold here in the coming days and weeks. (read more)
For those wondering, here ls an explanatlon of the ongoing energy dispute mentioned above
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2022-07-21/explainer-us-energy-sector-dispute-with-mexico
..us news cannot be trusted…anymore
True, but it gives a decent explanation of what the energy dispute was. l had not heard anything about it until today and it happened in the summer
The prior energy contracts were negotiated between AMLO’s predecessor, Pena-Nieto, of the PRI party.
AMLO has tried to undo much of what he did, and often by dictat, not re-negotiation. He is very autocratic, and his hero is the Mexican president that nationalized (stole) the oil wells and railroads established by US and European firms.
AMLO is a hard socialist/nationalist who believes that the preservation and support of gov’t-owned entities (oil and electricity) is more important than contracts, so he breaks them at will, without improving the quality.
The pension funds of both CFE & PEMEX have been raided by gov’t politicos, and are broke. AMLO blames this on “neoliberals”, PRI, etc, but it’s just thievery. And as long as he can keep the accounting “in house”, the thievery can be concealed.
But once US-owned corps come in and use regular accounting standards, the jig is up. And that’s just ONE of the issues.
This will be interesting.
That’s pretty accurate, actually…
If the CIA is aiding and abetting the cartels to put pressure on the Mexican government to achieve dysfunctional concessions then it’s time for it to be terminated. I know this is wishful thinking but it needs to become a verbalized goal and them turned into an actionable objective.
Almost every .fed letter agency should be terminated. States should be in charge of their own.
Wishful thinking, at this point. We’re on the long ride down into the third world…and the new world government.
Dear Mexico,
Here is an answer to the pressure and infiltration that the US and Canada is infection you with: APPLY FOR BRICS MEMBERSHIP.
2023!!! WOOHOO.
https://www.mexperience.com/mexico-immigration-guide-ebook/
And how is this relevant, Bob?
Biden and AMLO will have a chance to chat……LOL
Biden can’t even chat with his wife.
I just hope Mexico is the missing peace of the puzzle.
Tell the cartels how they must be green. That should go over well.
WHAT are “the ofds” that a MAJOR SUPERPOWER, that snatches Bin Laden from Pakistan, does Drone strikes to “take out” Terrorists, etc. ‘allows’ the Drug Cartels to develop to the point of being military organisations capable of “going toe to toe” with the Mexican military, is destroying said SuperPower with fentanyl and human trafficing, the Superpower Govts, official actions clearly are facillitating the growth OF the Cartels, …and the SuperPower Govt ISN’T working WITH the Cartels?
Of COARSE they are, and the Cartels will use their considerable influence, to try to oust Amlo.
They are at WAR with “Nationalism” and they are at war with Oil.
ANY country that is Nationalist, and produces Oil will be targeted for “regime change”, if they don’t get in line for the WEF agenda.
How much “protection” can BRICS+ provide to Amlo, or any other small country caught between WEF and BRICS+?
And, will ANY Country be allowed to “remain neutral” in this global war?