Enrique Peña Nieto

One of the star witnesses in the government case was Miles Zambada's brother.

And he recounted how after the political campaign of 2012, the individual that won the presidency in Mexico was a candidate for the pre-political party named Peña Nieto.

And during that period where he was president-elect, he just won the election, but before being sworn in, He sends word to Sinaloa, because at the time, Sinaloa was the largest cartel in Mexico.

Well, they've been operating at a 12-year run because Sinaloa's political party is PON, not PRI.

And, of course, we know, of course, the situation.

Ever since the free trade agreement was signed in 94 and then the new USMCA at the beginning of the end of the Peña era, in the beginning of the AMLO era, Mexico has become far too dependent on the United States to the point where practically 80 percent of Mexican exports go to the United States, which puts Mexico in a very difficult position when it comes to renegotiating the treaty.

Right.

What we've been saying is, right, the diversification has to include China in some form.

It's the kind of refrain we've heard a million times before.

Every time that there is a progressive government or even a left-of-center government in power, there's this – beating of the drum about the need to address the deficit.

Of course, where were these voices when Peña Nieto was, you know, borrowing at exorbitant amounts? Oh, yeah.

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Tiene una, pues una enfermedad que se tiene que cuidar todo el santo tiempo.

¿Por qué? Porque hace, hace varios años, concretamente, yo me-- o sea, y lo tengo muy presente la fecha, porque fue cuando era presidente, eh, Enrique Peña Nieto.

O sea, ¿cuándo se fue? 2018 se fue.

O sea, fue por esa época.

And I have to say, right off the top of my head, I can't think of any kind of emblematic Chinese investment that's kind of keeping the US up at night.

The one that was big was the Chinese plans to invest in the Mexico Querétaro train that Peña Nieto had.

And then that unraveled because one of the members of that bidding group that won that one was tied to Peña Nieto's government or whatever.

And the Chinese were not happy that they were kicked out of that project.

Oh, we'll have to wait.

El Universal: Amigo de Andy fundó empresa con contratos públicos en tres sexenios.

La compañía Six Sigma Networks, la cual fundó, consiguió contratos con los gobiernos de Felipe Calderón, Enrique Peña y AMLO.

Reforma: Preocupa a expertos filtro militar a la inversión extranjera directa.

Advierten obstáculos técnicos a inversionistas extranjeros.

because of a lot of households depending on Canadian electricity and oil, and that would even probably hurt that industry at its own home territory.

But they have cards, and they are going to retaliate probably Like Mexico did with Peña Nieto in states that heard Trump, electorally speaking, with the midterm election coming.

So that's why I think in the end they will probably reach an agreement.

The matter of fact that Trump threatened those tariffs until January 1st of next year Canada will put its own, I think, September the 8th.

It has steadily grown since Mexico began tallying this indicator 13 years ago.

The Mexican economy might not be growing or might be growing below its potential.

The country's security issues might not have been solved since Peña Nieto to even currently, even though the homicide rate has been declining quite importantly.

And even as informality grows, like what we will talk with Sofia later, despite all that, the satisfaction has grown among Mexico's population from a 7.67 grade, which is not bad at all in 2013, to 8.72 this year.