Name: US Country Outlook 2026
Start: 1759238100
End: 1759249800
Location: Off Campus

On Sept. 30, Baker Institute experts participated in panel discussions focused on issues of key importance for Mexican companies and investors, including geopolitical challenges and trade policy, at a conference in Mexico City hosted by the Mexican Council on Foreign Relations (COMEXI).

This was an invite-only event geared toward a constructive conversation and exchange of ideas. It was co-sponsored by the Baker Institute, Santamaria + Steta, CORNERSTONE and AGIL(E).

Agenda


8:15 am	Registration, Breakfast and Networking
9:00 am	Welcome Remarks Héctor Cárdenas Suárez President, COMEXI The Honorable David M. Satterfield Director, Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy; Janice and Robert McNair Chair in Public Policy; Former ambassador to Lebanon and Turkey
9:15 am	Panel I — American Geopolitical Challenges and Domestic Environment Moderated by: Amy Glover, COMEXI The Honorable David M. Satterfield Director, Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy; Janice and Robert McNair Chair in Public Policy; Former ambassador to Lebanon and Turkey Tony Payan, Ph.D. Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies; Director, Center for the U.S. and Mexico, Baker Institute for Public Policy Mark P. Jones, Ph.D. Co-Director, Presidential Elections Program; Political Science Fellow, Baker Institute for Public Policy
10:15 am	Break
10:30 am	Panel II — Trump's Trade and Tax Policies Moderated by: Jack Belcher, Principal, Cornerstone David A. Gantz, J.D. Will Clayton Fellow in Trade and International Economics, Baker Institute for Public Policy Joyce Beebe, Ph.D. Fellow in Public Finance, Baker Institute for Public Policy Alejandro Luna Partner, Santa Marina + Steta
11:15 am	Adjourn