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<journal-id>1870-3550</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Norteamérica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Norteamérica]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-3550</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Centro de Investigaciones sobre América del Norte]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1870-35502025000100255</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22201/cisan.24487228e.2025.1.699</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Expansión y rivalidad en la economía del litio: el reto futuro para México]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Expansion and Rivalry in the Lithium Economy: The Future Challenge for Mexico]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Micheli-Thirion]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jordy]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Azcapotzalco ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>20</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>255</fpage>
<lpage>270</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-35502025000100255&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-35502025000100255&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-35502025000100255&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen La economía del litio ha entrado a una nueva era que se caracteriza por el dinamismo de la producción de baterías asociado a la electromovilidad y con ello un fuerte proceso de alianzas estratégicas de las empresas automotrices con las de la minería y de baterías. Es una era marcada también por conflictos de orden geopolítico por el predominio de China en la cadena de valor de la economía de este mineral. Éste es el tiempo en la cual va a incorporarse México a una dinámica de aprendizaje y de arranque de la industrialización del litio, y necesitará generar sus ventajas económicas en el marco de una legislación nacionalista sobre este recurso y su inserción en el espacio económico de Norteamérica.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract The lithium economy has entered a new era characterized by the dynamic growth of battery production associated with electromobility. This era is also defined by a significant wave of strategic alliances among automotive, mining, and battery companies. Additionally, geopolitical conflicts have arisen due to China&#8217;s dominance in the lithium economy&#8217;s value chain. Mexico is now preparing to integrate into this dynamic through a learning phase and the initiation of lithium industrialization. To succeed, the country will need to generate economic advantages within the framework of a nationalist lithium policy and its integration into North America&#8217;s economic space.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[litio]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[México]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[cadena de valor]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[baterías]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[alianzas estratégicas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[industria automotriz]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[lithium]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Mexico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[value chain]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[batteries]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[strategic alliances]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[automotive industry]]></kwd>
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