By Connor Pfeiffer, Director of Congressional Relations at FDD Action and senior advisor and former executive director of the Forum for American Leadership joins Flash Focus to discuss Mexico’s elections this past weekend, the significance of Claudia Sheinbaum’s presidential election victory for politics in Mexico, the future of U.S.-Mexican cooperation on matters like the migration crisis, countering illicit fentanyl, bilateral trade, and Mexico’s growing economic ties with China.
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00:02:17 Claudia Sheinbaum’s landslide victory and AMLO’s influence
00:04:33 Potential for U.S.-Mexico partnership under Sheinbaum
00:08:18 Unprecedented violence during this electoral cycle
00:12:06 Chinese influence in Mexico
00:15:26 China’s role in the fentanyl and migration crises
00:20:16 USMCA negotiations under Trump vs. Biden
00:24:05 Future areas of U.S.-Mexico cooperation
