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Policy Recommendations for U.S. – Mexico Relations
Seizing the opportunity to take the bilateral relationship to a new level created through presidential elections in both the United States and Mexico, The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands and the Wilson Center convened a three-day retreat at Sunnylands in March 2012, resulting in the report, A Stronger Future: Policy Recommendations for U.S.-Mexico Relations.
In the report, preeminent bipartisan political, business, academic, and media leaders from the United States and Mexico conclude that the tone of the bilateral relationship should change and focus not on a few issues, such as security and migration or trade and the economy, but instead should be wide-ranging and cover a variety of mutual interests.
The report and an accompanying video make fresh recommendations for enhancing regional competitiveness, fighting organized crime, and strengthening public security, judicial reform in Mexico, and immigration reform in the United States. The report calls for furthering educational exchanges between the two nations, developing a new vision for energy cooperation in Mexico, and establishing new ports of entry to strengthen trade and security at the border.
Read the report: A Stronger Future: Policy Recommendations for U.S.-Mexico Relations and view the webcast of the July 11, 2012, press conference below, along with a list of retreat participants and report contributors.
Participants
*indicates participation in July 11 report release event as well
- Mariclaire Acosta, Project Director, Freedom House – Mexico
- *Bill Bratton, Chairman, Kroll Advisory Solutions, former Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department and former New York City Police Commissioner
- *Geoffrey Cowan, President, The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands (2010-2016)
- John Engler, President, Business Roundtable, former Governor of Michigan
- Rafael Fernández de Castro, Chair, Department of International Studies, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, former Foreign Policy Advisor to President Calderón
- Michael Govan, CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- *Jane Harman, Director, President, and CEO, Wilson Center, former Member of Congress
- Carlos Heredia, Director of International Studies, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, CIDE, former Member of Congress
- Phil Heymann, James Barr Ames Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, former Deputy Attorney General
- Barry Jackson, Senior Counselor to Speaker of the House John Boehner
- Enrique Krauze, Historian and Essayist, Founder and Editor-In-Chief of Letras Libres
- Isaac Lee, President, News, Univision Communications Inc.
- Emilio Lozoya, Chairman, JFH Lozoya Investments
- Mel Martinez, Chairman, Florida, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean for JPMorgan Chase & Co., Chairman, JPMorgan Chase Foundation
- Doris Meissner, Senior Fellow, Migration Policy Institute, former Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization Service
- Condoleezza Rice (Special Presentation), Thomas & Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy, Stanford University, former Secretary of State and National Security Adviser to President George W. Bush
- Bill Richardson, Chairman, APCO Global Political Strategies, former Governor of New Mexico, Ambassador to the United Nations, and Secretary of Energy
- *Arturo Sarukhan, Ambassador of Mexico to the United States
- Daniel Servitje, CEO, Grupo Bimbo
- Roberto Suro, Professor, University of Southern California; Director, Tomás Rivera Institute
- Jorge Tello, Head of International Information Development, CEMEX; former Security Advisor to President Calderon, former Director, CISEN
- Antonio Villaraigosa, Mayor of Los Angeles
- Roger Wallace, Vice President, Government Affairs, Pioneer Natural Resources Company, Advisory Board Co-Chair, Mexico Institute
