# In an op-ed, Research Professor Alejandro Ruelas-Gossi argues that Mexico's economic future depends on factors other than trade agreements with the US

1 Faculty News November 9, 2016 ![Harvard Business Review logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_032358.jpg?itok=cHztGP4H)>

Excerpt from the [Harvard Business Review](https://hbr.org/2016/11/why-mexicos-economy-doesnt-depend-on-the-next-u-s-president) -- "...for Mexico’s long-term economy, the question of who will be the next U.S. president was never pivotal. To judge Mexico’s economic future, you might want to pay closer attention to the Mexican Hass avocado and less attention to the price of the peso."

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