Is this enough progress? That is the question now that Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto has announced his proposal to open his country’s energy industry. Freeing up even a sliver of energy exploration in Mexico is a big step. The day of nationalisation back in 1938 is an observed holiday. And any step towards liberalisation risks immense popular backlash. So President Nieto has tried to split the baby. He has boldly called for amending Mexico’s constitution, which would give the reforms permanence. Although the terms have yet to be worked out, his proposal allows foreign companies only to enter into profit-sharing agreements with Pemex rather than production arrangements where they would have control over the barrels.
這是一個很大的進步嗎？在墨西哥總統恩里克•培尼亞•涅託(Enrique Peña Nieto)公佈了開放本國能源行業的提案之後，這個問題浮上了腦海。墨西哥能源勘探領域即使只是打開一道縫，也是邁出了一大步。畢竟，1938年墨西哥能源國有化的那一天，在墨西哥國內還是個紀念日。任何邁向自由化的舉措都可能引起民衆激烈反彈。因此涅託總統嘗試折衷行事，他大膽地提議修訂憲法，這將賦予改革更永久的動力。儘管具體條款尚未擬定，但他的提案中只允許外國企業與墨西哥國家石油公司(PEMEX)簽訂利潤分享協議，而不能簽訂讓外方可以控制產量的生產協議。