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The U.S.-Mexico High-Level Economic Dialogue (HLED) is a bilateral commercial and economic dialogue between the United States and Mexico, of which the formation of the dialogue was announced by U.S. President Barack Obama and Mexican President Peña Nieto in May of 2013.[1]

Pillars of the dialogues

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The original dialogue (2013) was built on the following pillars:

  • Promoting Competitiveness and Connectivity
    • Transportation
    • Telecommunications
  • Fostering Economic Growth, Productivity, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation
  • Partnering for Regional and Global Leadership
    • Partnering to promote development in Central America
    • Regional trade priorities
    • Transparency and anti-corruption

Launch and subsequent meetings

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In September of 2013, Vice President Joe Biden and the Mexican government, launched the HLE.[2] The following year (2014), Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker and Mexican Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo met for a midyear review of the project. Among the accomplishments at that point were:

  • The signing of Americas Competitiveness Exchange on Innovation and Entrepreneurship: A program where businesses and government leaders toured technology centers, innovation hubs, and investment zones in the Southeast United States.
  • Working group meetings on the Bilateral Forum for Education, Innovation, and Research (FOBESII): FOBESII was created with the goals of increasing educational and professional exchange programs, promoting joint science and technology research, and encouraging innovation.[3]

The second meeting in 2015 established the goal of energy and climate cooperation as one of its goals.[3]

In 2016, the project announced, under the leadership of the U.S.-Mexico Entrepreneurship and Innovation Council (MUSEIC), that Mexico had developed its national cluster map for identifying investment and trade opportunities and design economic development strategies.[4]

Relaunch

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After the departure of the Trump Administration in 2021, the President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador relaunched the program, with the following pillars:[5]

United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai made the following statement about the relaunch:[6]

Investing in our people—and our workers especially—is one of our top priorities, and a critical aspect of the Biden-Harris Administration’s worker-centric economic policies. Thousands of people and vehicles cross our shared border every day, and the value of our bilateral trade in goods and services is more than $1.5 billion per day. However, our relationship is not purely economic. Our peoples have a shared history and culture, and the ties between our two countries go back centuries.  That human connection reinforces and distinguishes our relationship – and maintaining these close ties depends on us investing in our people.

In the first year of the relaunch (2022), the following had occurred:

  • “Sowing Opportunities” (Sembrando Oportunidades) was created to increase technical cooperation and address the root causes of irregular migration in Northern Central America (NCA).[7] From this scenario, the Root Causes Strategy for the NCA region was also launched by the Biden-Harris Administration in 2021.[8]
  • The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) had launched a new economic development project called Southern Mexico Generating Employment and Sustainability (SURGES).[7]

In 2023, the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation (AMEXCID) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced a program for economic development in the agricultural sector of Guatemala.[9] In 2024, the two organizations concluded capacity training there for agribusiness, good agricultural practices, and regenerative agriculture.[10]

Organizational structure

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The U.S. side of the HLEC was originally co-chaired by the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Department of State, and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. Participation includes the following:[11]

The Mexican side of HLEC was originally co-chaired by:[11]

Participation included the following:

References

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  1. ^ "Fact Sheet: U.S.-Mexico High Level Economic Dialogue". United States Trade Representative. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
  2. ^ "Remarks by Vice President Joe Biden at the U.S.-Mexico High Level Economic Dialogue". whitehouse.gov. 2013-09-20. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
  3. ^ a b "FACT SHEET: U.S.–Mexico High Level Economic Dialogue". whitehouse.gov. 2015-01-06. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
  4. ^ "FACT SHEET: High Level Economic Dialogue: Three Years of Achievements". whitehouse.gov. 2016-12-08. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
  5. ^ Mexico, U. S. Mission to (2021-09-10). "Fact Sheet: U.S. - Mexico High-Level Economic Dialogue". U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Mexico. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
  6. ^ "Statement from Ambassador Katherine Tai on the Re-Launch of the U.S.-Mexico High-Level Economic Dialogue". United States Trade Representative. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
  7. ^ a b HLED_JointStatement_9122022.pdf
  8. ^ "FACT SHEET: Strategy to Address the Root Causes of Migration in Central America | The American Presidency Project". www.presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
  9. ^ "FACT SHEET: 2023 U.S.-Mexico High-Level Economic Dialogue". United States Trade Representative. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
  10. ^ "2024 U.S.-Mexico High-Level Economic Dialogue Mid-Year Review Fact Sheet". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
  11. ^ a b "U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, Mexican Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Lead Mid-Year Review of High Level Economic Dialogue (HLED) Progress | Department of Commerce". learn.commerce.gov. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
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