Experts in the News

Fellow Kirstin Matthews discussed recent Covid-19 research and the fallout from AstraZeneca's decision to halt its vaccine trial.

The USMCA could potentially incentivize U.S. manufacturers operating in China to reopen plants or move their operations south of the border, but Tony Payan, director of the Center for the United States and Mexico, said that depends on an unpredictable wild card: President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

“You have a government that got almost $100 billion from oil, and now only gets $1 billion,” said Latin American Energy fellow Francisco Monaldi of the steep discounts Venezuela has had to accept when selling or bartering its remaining crude production. “I expect production to continue to fall, but it could go up when enforcement of sanctions isn’t as tough.”

A recent study led by fellow Quianta Moore found that societal inequities are also present in medical and mental health research, where they can become embedded and self-perpetuating.

"Regardless of what Trump does, even though it alienates Latino elites, there’s a certain segment that isn’t alienated by him," said political science fellow Mark Jones. "Trump appears to have a floor with Hispanics."