President Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador are to meet virtually Monday to talk about migration, the COVID-19 pandemic and cooperation on economic and national security issues. The trade agreement could complicate López Obrador’s efforts to possibly defund and eliminate independent regulatory, watchdog and transparency agencies in Mexico. There are also questions of whether López Obrador will warm to Biden’s efforts to address climate change and move to cleaner energy sources. The Mexican president supports a measure to make his country’s national grids prioritize power from government plants, many of which burn coal or fuel oil. López Obrador said Saturday that an aging United States would need temporary immigrant workers from Mexico to sustain economic growth.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 01, 2021 12:17 UTC