Neomercantilismo norteamericano e integraci贸n del sector energ茅tico: disputas comerciales, mercadotecnia verde y el r茅gimen infraestructural continental.
Anna Zalik | Linn Biorklund | Aleida Hern谩ndeZ Cervantes
Abstract:
President Trump鈥檚 2025 trade war placed North America鈥檚 continental energy and infrastruc-tural regime at the center of hemispheric disputes, from cusma renegotiation to intensified com-petition over regionally proximate energy sources. This article examines how Mexico and Canada are repositioning within this system amid the global oscillation between neoliberalism and neomercantilism. We argue that internal tensions arising from this shift are addressed through extended extractivist relations, including the imposition of resource dependency on Mexico, facilitated by 鈥済reen marketing鈥 that discursively frames new infrastructure investment as eco-modern. Reviewing regulatory changes to Mexican and Canadian energy policy, the article analyzes two emblematic projects鈥攖he Tren Maya (Alstom/Bombardier) and TC Energy鈥檚 gas pipelines鈥攕howing how both extend extractivist relations while branded as 鈥済reen.鈥 These infrastructures are co-constituted with border securitization and migration control, revealing neomercantilism鈥檚 convergence with authoritarian nationalism and the deepening commodifi-cation central to neoliberal capitalism.Key words: neomercantilism, North American energy integration, green marketing, extracti-vism, border securitization and migration.
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