# Market Extra: Mexican Peso Is Bracing For Impact As Nafta Talks And Presidential Election Coincide - Global Financial Market Review

> Mexican assets, including the peso, face market-moving risks as NAFTA renegotiation enters its seventh round and the presidential campaign begins ahead of a July election. Front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is polling best, and analysts describe investors as long the peso after weak GDP data.

- Date: 2018-02-28 · published 2018-02-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66712-market-extra-mexican-peso-is-bracing-for-impact-as-nafta-talks-and-presidential
- Commodities: [Mexican Peso (MXN per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDMXN.md)

## Why it matters

Political and trade uncertainty in Mexico, a major US feed and meat buyer, could weigh on peso-denominated purchasing power and trade flows, though the effect on feed prices is indirect.

## Read by commodity

- USDMXN: neutral

## Sources

- gfmreview.com: https://www.gfmreview.com/markets/market-extra-mexican-peso-is-bracing-for-impact-as-nafta-talks-and-presidential-election-coincide

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