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Mexico Matters

The Mexico Matters podcast series highlights key developments in Mexico and their impact on the United States. Hosted by Mariana Campero and featuring leading voices from both sides of the border, each episode brings in-depth analysis, commentary, and conversations, offering a deep dive into an array of subjects ranging from economics, trade, and energy, to national security, foreign policy, and business.

Mexico Matters is produced by Liz Pulver.

Podcast Series by Mariana Campero

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Everything is Relative—including Tariffs

In this episode, Mariana speaks with Luis de la Calle, renowned economist, former NAFTA negotiator and the CEO of CMM Asociados. 

Podcast Episode by Mariana Campero — March 14, 2025

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Mexico Matters

Are Tariffs THE Right Weapon?

In this episode, Mariana speaks with Kevin Brady, former U.S. Rep. (R-TX) and Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, and Kenneth Smith Ramos, former USMCA Chief negotiator for Mexico, about the shift in Washington away from free trade, President Trump’s use of tariffs as leverage to solve the fentanyl and border security crises, and the potential consequences of starting a trade war within North America by imposing 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada. 

Podcast Episode by Mariana Campero — February 11, 2025

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America and the World under Trump 2.0

In this episode, Mariana speaks with Dr. Hamre, President and CEO of CSIS and Seth Jones, President of the Defense and Security Department at CSIS.

Podcast Episode by Mariana Campero, John J. Hamre, and Seth G. Jones — January 27, 2025

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Trump is Not The Enemy, Narcos Is

In this episode, Mariana speaks with Vanda Felbab-Brown, a senior fellow in the Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology in the Foreign Policy program at Brookings. 

Podcast Episode by Mariana Campero — December 9, 2024

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Trump vs Harris: Who is best for what?

In this episode, Mariana speaks with Alan Stoga, Chairman of the Tallberg Foundation and Host of the New Thinking for a New World podcast, about the importance of the U.S. elections, the state of U.S. politics and about the difference in trade, migration and economic policies of the two candidates. 

Podcast Episode by Mariana Campero — November 4, 2024

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Wait and See

In this episode, Mariana speaks with Carlos Peyrelongue, head of Mexico Equity Research for Bank of America, about the estate of the country that President Claudia Sheinbaum has inherited from her predecessor.

Podcast Episode by Mariana Campero — October 14, 2024

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Mexico Matters

Picking Winners and Losers

Mariana speaks with Alejandra Palacios and Andrea Durkin about Mexico's controversial constitutional judicial reform.

Podcast Episode by Mariana Campero — October 2, 2024

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Keep those Plates Spinning in the Air

On this episode, Mariana speaks with General David Petraeus, former CIA Director, Retired Army General, Partner of KKR and Chairman of the KKR Global Institute, about the major and minor challenges occurring around the world that require the attention of the United States while, at the same time, the US needs to focus on strengthening its own competitive profile to compete against China. 

Podcast Episode by Mariana Campero — August 15, 2024

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Impartiality, If You Can Keep It

Mariana speaks with Kenneth Smith Ramos, former Chief Negotiator of USMCA from the Mexican side and partner of AGON, about how the Constitutional Reforms proposed by President Lopez Obrador might weaken Mexico’s judiciary.

Podcast Episode by Mariana Campero — July 24, 2024

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It's More Than Grit: Moving the Economic Needle

In this crossover with It's More Than Grit: The Making of an Entrepreneur, a new podcast from CSIS, Linda Rottenberg joins Mariana Campero and co-host Andrew Schwartz to discuss the qualities of a successful entrepreneur.

Podcast Episode by Mariana Campero and H. Andrew Schwartz — June 24, 2024

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