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IMF Calls for Energy Debate - Mexico Institute in the News

Duncan Wood

Duncan Wood's remarks on the future of U.S.-Mexico relations were quoted in The News. “Looking forward to the next six years of the relationship between (the U.S. and Mexican) governments, there is the potential for an extremely fruitful relationship on energy issues.”

The News

A new study by the Woodrow Wilson Center shows that Peña Nieto’s government has a “realistic possibility” of passing an energy reform that would open the country’s petroleum and gas reserves to private and foreign investment.

The center’s analysis, “Policy Options for the Next Stage in U.S.-Mexico Relations,” showed that an energy reform would bring higher levels of investment and increase cooperation with U.S. energy companies.

“Looking forward to the next six years of the relationship between (the U.S. and Mexican) governments, there is the potential for an extremely fruitful relationship on energy issues,”

Woodrow Wilson Center Mexican Institute Director Duncan Wood said on Wednesday.

He added, however, that “much depends on two key factors: political will and the changes underway in Mexico’s energy sector.”

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Duncan Wood

Duncan Wood

Vice President for Strategy & New Initiatives; Senior Advisor to the Mexico Institute
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Mexico Institute

The Mexico Institute seeks to improve understanding, communication, and cooperation between Mexico and the United States by promoting original research, encouraging public discussion, and proposing policy options for enhancing the bilateral relationship. A binational Advisory Board, chaired by Luis Téllez and Earl Anthony Wayne, oversees the work of the Mexico Institute.   Read more