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Viewing cable 06MEXICO956, CONTEMPLATING A MADRAZO FOREIGN POLICY

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06MEXICO956 2006-02-22 15:49 2011-08-30 01:44 CONFIDENTIAL Embassy Mexico
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C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 03 MEXICO 000956 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/16/2011 
TAGS: PGOV PREL PINR MX
SUBJECT: CONTEMPLATING A MADRAZO FOREIGN POLICY 
 
REF: MEXICO 251 
 
Classified By: POLITICAL MINISTER-COUNSELOR LESLIE A. BASSETT, REASONS: 
 1.4(B/D). 
 
1.  (C) Summary:  If elected, we believe Roberto Madrazo 
would seek to conduct a foreign policy that falls somewhere 
between the U.S.-centered policy advocated by the Fox 
administration and the "non-aligned" policy traditionally 
maintained by presidents from the Revolutionary Institutional 
Party (PRI).  Madrazo has been harshly critical of President 
Fox's foreign policy, charging that he has failed to deliver 
on the strategic alliance Fox promised with the United 
States, while alienating Mexico from its traditional Latin 
American partners.  Like Fox, Madrazo considers the 
U.S.-Mexico relationship to be Mexico's top foreign policy 
priority and he has emphasized his willingness to work 
closely with the U.S. on a range of issues, from trade to law 
enforcement to counter-terrorism.  Unlike Fox, however, 
Madrazo will not pin virtually his entire foreign policy on 
improved relations with the U.S.  A Madrazo administration 
would be a pragmatic partner on bilateral issues to the 
extent that domestic political considerations permit; it is 
unlikely to be a principled partner, however, willing to take 
risks on politically charged issues.  A Madrazo 
administration would be a consistent advocate for 
multilateralism and an enhanced role for the United Nations 
in conflict resolution, and is unlikely to be a reliable ally 
on politically sensitive global issues such as Iraq.  Under a 
President Madrazo, Mexico would seek to play an expanded 
diplomatic role in Latin America, particularly in search of 
new trade opportunities.  While we suspect that the 
relatively non-ideological Madrazo is wary of both Castro and 
Chavez, he believe he will seek to maintain far less 
confrontational relations with them than has the Fox 
administration.  End summary. 
 
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Diagnosis: Stalemate to the North, Setbacks to the South 
--------------------------------------------- ----------- 
 
2.  (SBU) Madrazo has harshly criticized the Fox 
administration's foreign policy, accusing it of abandoning 
decades of continuity in Mexican foreign policy by betting 
the ranch on an unrealistic vision of U.S.-Mexican relations, 
while ignoring Mexico's traditionally strong relations with 
its Latin American partners.  He has criticized Fox for 
expecting that Mexico's democratic breakthrough in 2000 would 
bring a "democratic bonus," i.e., a "strategic alliance" with 
the United States that would include a sweeping accord on 
immigration.  Madrazo has argued that the terrorist attacks 
on 9/11 changed U.S. policy priorities, dashing any 
possibility of such a strategic alliance, and undermining the 
central tenet of Fox's foreign policy.  Madrazo has been 
equally critical of what he has characterized as Mexico's 
abstention from Latin American affairs, and in particular of 
Fox's confrontational posture towards Venezuela and Cuba. 
Indeed, earlier this week he called for the resignation for 
Foreign Secretary Derbez, arguing that his inconsistent 
handling of relations with Cuba, Venezuela and other 
countries has undermined Mexico's diplomatic credibility. 
 
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A Pragmatic Approach to U.S.-Mexican Relations 
--------------------------------------------- - 
 
3.  (C) Madrazo's vision for the U.S.-Mexico relationship 
appears to be a pragmatic one, recognizing that the 
U.S.-Mexico relationship must remain Mexico's foreign policy 
priority.  The candidate demonstrates little of the reflexive 
suspicion towards the United States that PRIistas 
traditionally have harbored, even if he recognizes that the 
relationship remains far from Fox's goal of a partnership 
among equals.  Madrazo's platform calls for "a mutually 
beneficial relationship with the United States, taking into 
account the asymmetries between the two countries."  He has 
repeatedly advocated cooperation on a broad range of issues, 
including counter-terrorism, organized crime and drug 
trafficking, in the case of the latter, "recogniz(ing) the 
demand existing in the United States and Mexico's role 
principally as a transit country."  His platform also calls 
for increased technical cooperation against money laundering, 
and USG assistance to develop the investigative capacity of 
the Mexican police.  However, while we expect that Madrazo 
generally would be open to continued close cooperation on law 
enforcement issues, both he and some of his closest political 
allies are rumored to have associated with individuals linked 
to organized crime and drug trafficking; we cannot discount 
that these associations would compromise his willingness to 
cooperate in particular cases. 
 
4.  (SBU) Madrazo strongly supports NAFTA, although he has 
 
MEXICO 00000956  002 OF 003 
 
 
said he would consider seeking to renegotiate certain of its 
agricultural provisions if the U.S. and Canada were amenable, 
adding, however, that a unilateral effort to reopen trade 
negotiations would not serve Mexico's interests.  He has said 
that with the opening within NAFTA of free trade in corn, 
beans, milk and sugar in 2008, Mexico should invoke "tools" 
contemplated by NAFTA to minimize the impact of this opening 
on the Mexican agricultural sector.  He has called for a more 
integrated agricultural market within NAFTA, the creation of 
a permanent NAFTA dispute settlement tribunal to replace the 
ad hoc panels now in use, and the consideration of a single 
external tariff.  He also proposes revisiting the issue of 
shared water resources, taking into account the criteria of 
"proportionality" and "justice." 
 
5.  (C) A President Madrazo might pay occasional lip service 
to the anti-USG views held by many Mexicans, as is expected 
of Mexican leaders.  Nevertheless, Madrazo himself has 
lifelong ties with the United States and we see no evidence 
of an anti-American attitude.  Indeed, one advantage of his 
pragmatism -- many would say his lack of principles -- is 
that he appears not to be captive to the antiquated views of 
many on the Latin American left.  While he is unlikely to 
view the United States as the strategic partner sought by 
President Fox, we expect that he will seek, to the extent 
possible, to keep gratuitous antagonisms out of the 
relationship. 
 
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Migration: Less Than the "Whole Enchilada" Will Do 
--------------------------------------------- ----- 
 
6.  (SBU) Madrazo calls for a "responsible" approach to the 
issue of migration, that seeks a more orderly and controlled 
flow of migrants, taking into account both the demand in the 
U.S. for Mexican labor and the imperative of protecting the 
human rights of expatriate Mexican workers.  According to 
foreign policy advisor and former Ambassador to the U.S. 
Jorge Montano Martinez (reftel), he understands that the sort 
of sweeping immigration accord sought by President Fox early 
in his administration is unrealistic and hopes to reach a 
compromise with the U.S. that nevertheless permits increased 
Mexican immigration to the United States.  He supports 
President Bush's proposed temporary worker program, and seeks 
a bi-national social security agreement that accounts for the 
contributions of expatriate Mexican workers in the U.S., as 
well as greater labor mobility between the countries. 
According to Victor Arreaga, the PRI's Deputy Director of 
International Affairs, Madrazo also believes that the three 
North American partners should jointly formulate development 
programs targeted at those Mexican states that are the 
principal sources of migrants, in order to create the 
conditions necessary to deter migration.  Contacts in the 
Madrazo camp have called for a major development assistance 
program similar to the one that the EU established in the 
1980s for Spain and other southern European countries. 
 
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Renewed Emphasis on Latin America 
--------------------------------- 
 
7.  (C) Madrazo has criticized Fox for overemphasizing the 
U.S.-Mexican relationship at the expense of other bilateral 
relationships, particularly those with other Latin American 
countries, calling for expanded trade relations in the 
region, including possibly a closer relationship with 
Mercosur.  Although Madrazo expressed support for Fox at the 
time of Mexico's diplomatic row with Venezuela, stating that 
all citizens should rally around the President during 
international disputes, he has criticized Fox for injecting 
unnecessary tensions into its bilateral relations.  As a 
pragmatist rather than an ideologue, we do not expect Madrazo 
to court either Castro or Chavez, but he will seek to 
normalize the currently tense relationships with those 
countries.  Outside of this hemisphere, he has proposed 
expanding trade relations with the EU, the PRC and the other 
countries of the Pacific Rim. 
 
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A Return to Multilateralism 
--------------------------- 
 
8.  (C) Although a President Madrazo would be reasonably easy 
to work with on the main issues on our bilateral agenda, we 
expect him to be less supportive of U.S. positions on global 
issues than has been President Fox.  Madrazo agrees with the 
traditional PRI preference for "non-intervention" and 
"self-determination," and Mexico would likely reemphasize its 
traditional posture as a "non-aligned" country in 
international fora.  A draft PRI policy paper shared with the 
embassy emphasized the party's preference for 
multilateralism, urging that the international community 
 
MEXICO 00000956  003 OF 003 
 
 
strengthen the United Nations's role in conflict prevention 
and resolution.  The policy paper implicitly criticized U.S. 
policy towards Iraq when it declared: "We have the obligation 
to avoid establishing new rules in international law by 
accepting preventive war as a norm." 
 
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Comment: In Praise of Reduced Expectations? 
------------------------------------------- 
 
9.  (C) That Madrazo's expectations for U.S.-Mexican 
relations are somewhat more modest than those held by 
President Fox at the outset of his administration is an 
advantage:  his reduced expectations are less likely to 
produce the disappointments and tensions witnessed in the 
first years of the Fox administration.  Yet just like his two 
rivals for the presidency, Madrazo has not always proven 
adept at understanding the political climate in the United 
States, and his advisors at times seem unwilling to hear the 
messages that we have reiterated.  For example, like his 
rivals, Madrazo has the perhaps unrealistic expectation that 
the USG would be willing to negotiate even a partial 
migration accord with Mexico, that the number of immigrants 
to be accepted by the USG each year has somehow become a 
matter for bilateral negotiation.  Likewise, Madrazo and 
other members of the political class -- many of whom are 
traditionally jealous of Mexico's national sovereignty -- 
seem to believe that they will be able to influence U.S. 
congressional deliberations over immigration enforcement 
measures.  And Mexicans across the political spectrum, 
including Madrazo, seem to believe that the United States 
(and possibly Canada) would be prepared to establish a major 
development assistance program for Mexico.  Certainly, even 
with a pragmatist in Los Pinos, plenty of potential bilateral 
pitfalls remain.  End comment. 
 
 
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KELLY