Mexico Country Outlook 2023

What challenges will Mexico face in the coming year? And how will those challenges affect companies and investors doing business in the country?

The fourth annual Mexico Country Outlook, presented by the Baker Institute on Dec. 8, 2022, explored critical issues facing Mexico and their impact on relations between the U.S. and Mexico. Experts from across industry, government and academia examined Mexico’s politics, economy, regulatory environment, and public safety and security landscape.

The Mexico Country Outlook is an annual conference and report by the Center for the U.S. and Mexico at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. This year’s conference program featured keynote remarks by the Honorable Maria-Elena Giner, commissioner of the U.S. section of the International Boundary and Water Commission, and Macario Schettino, an economist, author and researcher at the Tecnológico de Monterrey. In addition, two expert panel discussions explored trade and the economy and democracy, security, immigration and the border.

Our report with detailed findings for 2023 is available here.

Learn more about the annual Mexico Country Outlook conference and report.

Registration

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Agenda

8:00 am	Breakfast
8:25 am	Welcome Remarks Tony Payan, Ph.D. Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies and Director, Center for the U.S. and Mexico, Baker Institute
8:30 am	Keynote Address Introduction: Chuck Bracht, Vice President of Business Development, NFP Executive Benefits Macario Schettino, Ph.D. Adjunct Researcher, Economies of the Future, School of Social Sciences and Government, Tecnológico de Monterrey
9:05 am	Question and Answer Session
9:25 am	Panel I — Trade and the Economy Moderator: Flávio Cunha, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Economics, Rice University Mariana Campos Coordinator, Public Spending and Oversight, México Evalúa Marco Fernández, Ph.D. Coordinator, Anticorruption and Education Program, México Evalúa David A. Gantz, J.D., J.S.M. Will Clayton Fellow in Trade and International Economics, Baker Institute Jose Ivan Rodriguez-Sanchez, Ph.D. Research Scholar, Center for the U.S. and Mexico, Baker Institute
10:05 am	Question and Answer Session
10:20 am	Panel II — Democracy, Security, Immigration and the Border Moderator: Tony Payan, Ph.D., Baker Institute Regina M. Buono, J.D., Ph.D. Nonresident Scholar, Center for Energy Studies, Baker Institute; Principal, AITHER Pamela Cruz Research Analyst, Center for the U.S. and Mexico, Baker Institute Nathan P. Jones, Ph.D. Nonresident Scholar in Drug Policy and Mexico Studies, Center for the U.S. and Mexico, Baker Institute; Associate Professor, Security Studies, College of Criminal Justice, Sam Houston State University Rodrigo Montes de Oca, LL.M. Research Scholar, Center for the U.S. and Mexico, Baker Institute
11:15 am	Question and Answer Session

11:35 am	Lunch
Noon	Keynote Address Introduction: Tony Payan, Ph.D., Baker Institute The Honorable Maria-Elena Giner United States Commissioner, International Boundary and Water Commission
12:25 pm	Question and Answer Session
12:40 pm	Closing Remarks Richard Vaughan CEO, Alloy Merchant Finance, L.P.

Host Committee

Chuck Bracht (Co-chair)
Vice President of Business Development, NFP Executive Benefits

Richard Vaughan (Co-chair)
CEO, Alloy Merchant Finance, L.P.

John Cypher
VP, International Investment & Trade, Greater Houston Partnership

Cindy de Leon
Founder & Senior Trade Auditor, Deleon Trade LLC

George Gonzalez
Partner, Haynes and Boone L.L.P.

José-Alberto Lima
Founding Member, Quartz Energy Partners

Fernando Rodriguez
Partner, King & Spalding L.L.P.

Luis Trasfi
Associate General Counsel & Global Privacy Officer, Vopak

Pablo Zarate
Managing Director, FTI Consulting

Event Sponsors

Platinum — $10,000

Silver — $2,000

Mr. Sergio Arturo Vela

Information about sponsorship levels and benefits is available here. To discuss becoming a sponsor, please contact Lisa Guáqueta, program manager, at lguaqueta@rice.edu or (713) 348-2649.