The Americas Council presents
The club for the future between the United States, Mexico and China.
Every six weeks, 200 to 250 Latino business leaders spend the morning with Simón Levy and Ghaleb Krame: almost three hours on what is coming, before it hits the news, and contacts worth the whole year.
First Mesa: Miami, Monday, January 25, 2027. 250 seats.
Eight Mesas in 2027, ten cities, 250 executives every morning, seated at tables of ten arranged so they do business.
Founding Mesa
USMCA after its review, tariffs, security and migration. What each government will ask of the other, and what it means for anyone doing business between the two countries while China rearranges supply chains.
Large companies pay for political, security and market risk analysts. The mid-sized Latino company almost never does. Here you get it in one morning, over coffee.
Tariffs, USMCA, energy, security and China. What is going to hit your cash flow, explained before it happens, in Spanish, by people who know it from the inside.
When you buy your seat, you tell us what you are looking for: clients, suppliers, partners or capital. We build your table around it and introduce you to the right people.
Every Mesa closes with three concrete actions for your company. The Intelligence Report, with data and scenarios, arrives 48 hours later.
Half the value of La Mesa is who sits next to you. That is why every table is arranged before you arrive.
At checkout you tell us your company, your role and what you are looking for. We assign you a table of ten by industry and interest, not by order of arrival.
Coffee and networking when you arrive. Your place card, with your name, company and what you are looking for, is waiting at your seat so the conversation starts on its own. We introduce you in person to the people worth meeting in the room.
Another half hour at the close to finish what started at the table. Club members stay in touch through the ten-city directory and the private group.
Mariana Treviño
CEO, Logística del Golfo
Looking for suppliersRefrigerated trucking between Monterrey and Houston
This is the card waiting at your seat. The example is illustrative.
Who takes a seat
Owners and executives in international trade, logistics, manufacturing, construction, energy, agribusiness, real estate and technology. And the people who sell to them: banks, law firms, insurers and consultants.
Two views of the same event. They often disagree, and that is where the value is.
Geopolitics, economics and China
Constitutional lawyer, geopolitical analyst, journalist and author. Member of the World Economic Forum. Former Mexican deputy secretary of tourism and the first Mexican lawyer to study Chinese law at Renmin University. Author of La era microglobal and China 2035. Based in Washington, D.C.
National security and intelligence
More than twenty years in national security, public safety and intelligence. Twice a deputy secretary in Mexico. Academic and analyst for international media on organized crime, policing and the use of artificial intelligence in security.
From 8:00 am to 12:45 pm. Almost three hours of analysis on the topic of the day, and the rest for doing business.
A gift is waiting at your seat: a La Mesa pen and a notebook for your notes.
One theme, the future between the United States, Mexico and China, seen from ten cities. Eight Mesas we produce, one every six weeks starting January 25. The ones with a dotted border are waiting for a local chamber or association to host them.
Miami
The founding Mesa. USMCA after its review, tariffs, security and migration: what each government will ask of the other, and what it means for anyone doing business between the two countries while China and the rest of the world rearrange their supply chains.
San Antonio
More trade crosses the US-Mexico border than any other in the world. Corridors, customs, rules of origin, and where mid-sized Latino companies fit in.
Houston
The United States exports gas and oil, Mexico needs power for nearshoring, and China dominates solar and batteries. Who sells the energy of the next decade, and at what price.
Los Angeles
AI is changing jobs in the United States, Mexico is receiving factories and exporting talent, and the world is competing for technicians. Which jobs disappear, which ones appear, and how to hire in 2030.
Chicago
Mexico is the top food supplier to the United States, and the world competes for its grain and its water. Tariffs, drought, avocados, corn and cold chains: what is coming for anyone who grows, imports or sells food.
Phoenix
Copper, lithium and rare earths: the United States wants minerals outside China, Mexico has them, and Arizona and Sonora are the new mining frontier. The rules, the partners and the money ahead.
Houston
Three industries the United States wants back home, Mexico wants to attract, and China already competes in. Medicines and their inputs, Gulf Coast plastics and chemicals, aircraft and their parts: tariffs, new plants, and where Latino companies come in as suppliers.
Dallas
The United States has designated cartels as terrorist organizations, Mexico lives with extortion every day, and digital fraud comes from anywhere in the world. What a company needs to have in place before it is targeted. Ghaleb opens.
San Diego
For anyone who lives and works between the two countries: routes, travel protocols, kidnapping risk, duty of care for employees, and what is changing at ports of entry under the new security policy. Ghaleb opens.
New York
The dollar, Wall Street and Chinese capital. Sanctions, remittances to Mexico, digital currencies, and what to know before signing with an Asian partner.
Miami
The United States is making visas and entry harder, Mexico is competing for the traveler who used to go to Europe, and the world is traveling like never before. Cruises, hotels and airlines: who wins. Simón, a former Mexican deputy secretary of tourism, opens.
San Diego
The maquila faces its hardest test: the United States is raising tariffs and tightening rules of origin, Mexico is receiving factories leaving China, and the world is rearranging its supply chains. Told from the Tijuana and San Diego border.
Atlanta
One year before the US presidential election: the states that decide it, the Latino vote, and what each scenario means for Mexico, trade and labor migration.
Miami
The year's closing event for 250 to 300 people, in the city that knows Cuba and Venezuela best: what is coming for both countries and for anyone who wants to invest there, the 2028 map between the United States, Mexico, Latin America and China, the Latino Business Barometer, and awards for one business leader per city.
The Club
Membership is for those who don't want a single morning but a permanent seat in the conversation: all eight Mesas of the year, people from ten cities, and member treatment.
The full kit is for in-person members. Virtual members receive the card in steel.
The first 100 in-person members are founding members: their card carries a number from 001 to 100.
At checkout you choose your Mesa, how many seats you want, and whether to add the Intelligence Report.
| One Mesa | Club membership, 8 Mesas | |
|---|---|---|
| In personIn the room, with breakfast and a gift at your seat | $299Reserve a seat | $2,499Join the ClubWith brass member kit |
| OnlineLive, from wherever you are | $99Watch online | $790Virtual membershipWith steel member card |
| Intelligence ReportArrives 48 hours after the Mesa | $1,499Added when you pay for your seat or online access | $749.50Half price for Club members |
Secure payments with Stripe; the checkout page is in Spanish. If you already attended a Mesa, you can buy its report here: Intelligence Report, $1,499.
Your Mesas, your reports and your videos in one place.
My Mesa opens before the first Mesa. The access link goes to the email you used to buy.
We are looking for one person per city who opens doors: someone who knows the hotel managers, the chamber of commerce and the Latino business community. You fill the room and produce the morning. We bring the content, the speakers, the brand and the payment system.
You live in the city and know it well. You have relationships with hotels, chambers and Latino business owners. You have sold and organized events, conferences or conventions for hundreds of people. You speak Spanish and English and have real time in the weeks before each Mesa. This is an independent contractor relationship.
We will review your profile and contact you by email or WhatsApp.
Your chamber, association, university or company provides the room, the breakfast and the invitations. We bring the full Mesa: both speakers, your city's registration page, promotion, livestream and recording.
Travel included within the continental United States. You set the ticket price in your city and keep the ticket revenue and your local sponsors. Hold your date with $1,500, credited to the fee and fully refunded if we can't confirm within 10 business days.
About 2,600 Latino business owners and executives in the room during 2027, across ten cities, plus everyone watching online and the videos and reports of every Mesa. Ten brands per breakfast at most: never a trade show.
Your brand presents the whole year: “La Mesa, presented by…”.
Exclusivity in your industry for the whole year, across all fourteen Mesas.
Sign the annual report on the Latino business owner.
Make La Mesa happen in one city: “La Mesa Houston, with…”.
For the local company that wants to be seen in its city.
Hotels and venues that host La Mesa.
The Presenting Sponsor and Official Sponsors also appear at hosted Mesas. We only share data from people who authorize it. Prices in US dollars, plus applicable taxes.
We will send you the sponsorship deck: packages, available dates and audience by city.
The eight Mesas we produce in 2027, every video of the year, 50% off each Intelligence Report, the member directory in ten cities, the private Club group, and the member kit with your numbered metal card. In-person membership gives you a seat in the room and the Sobremesa with the speakers, and it can be transferred within your company. Virtual membership gives you every Mesa live from wherever you are.
Your member credential, engraved with your name and number. It has a chip: tap it on a phone and it opens your member profile so you can share your contact details while networking. In-person members get it in brass with an engraved pen and a notebook; virtual members get it in steel.
After you buy, we write to confirm the engraved name and your shipping address in the United States or Mexico. Founding members receive it before the first Mesa.
No. The Intelligence Report costs $1,499 per Mesa and you add it at checkout. Club members pay half price, $749.50.
On the payment page you pick the Mesa, how many seats you want, what you are looking for at networking, and whether to add the report.
Talks are in Spanish. Questions can be asked in Spanish or English.
In a hotel ballroom in the city. For security, the address is emailed one week before, only to ticket holders.
You can transfer your seat to another person or another Mesa up to 14 days before. After that there are no refunds, because breakfast is guaranteed to the hotel.
Yes. Stripe sends you a receipt and an invoice at the time of payment.
No. We analyze elections, governments and laws for their effect on business. La Mesa does not endorse parties or candidates.
When they're gone, they're gone. Reserve your seat for Miami or join the Club for the whole year.