Although Mexican participation in the Trans Pacific Partnership will help the country to diversify its export markets, there are potentially some negative aspects to the deal.   The Mexican Senate was the first of eleven countries’ legislatures to ratify Mexican participation in the Trans Pacific Partnership, (TPP) free trade accord in April of 2018.  The […]

Recently, Mexico took an important step forward on the international trade stage with the finalization of a tri-lateral trade agreement.  Under the United States, Mexico, and Canada (USMC) Accord it will continue to enjoy a duty-free trade relationship with its North American neighbors.  Although this arrangement is an important one, there are other Mexican free […]

Recently, Mexico and the United States have reached a new agreement that will supersede the North American Free Trade Agreement that has been in place for more than two decades.  The new bi-lateral United States–Mexico Free Trade Agreement will hopefully include Canada in the coming days. This blog- will consider what the new United States–Mexico […]

Over the last several decades, Mexico has managed to make itself one of the main manufacturing centers in North America.  This is due to a number of comparative advantages that it has in its favor.  These include a privileged geographic location, an open and pro-business economy, an important network of free trade agreements, macroeconomic stability, […]

Shelter companies make the learning curve associated with manufacturing in Mexico a much shorter one. Manufacturing in Mexico may, at first glance, seem to be a daunting option for small to medium-sized firms.  As is the case with operating in other foreign nations, manufacturing in Mexico brings with it many challenges and the need to […]

Mexican businessmen and their US counterparts assert that consumers in both the Mexico and the United States will pay the price if the cost of aluminum and steel rise. Mexican businessmen and firms that depend on aluminum and steel strive to minimize the impact on their businesses of the tariffs that have been announced by […]

On May 31, 2018, United States Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced the levying of a twenty-five percent tariff on steel imported from Canada, the European Union and Mexico, as well as a ten percent tax on imports of aluminum from the same nations. This move strains commercial relations with Mexico, as well as with […]

The four areas that the must be addressed by policymakers to achieve Mexican manufacturing leadership are technology, knowledge, sustainability, and human resource talent. Dealing with each of these items successfully will guarantee that Mexico is at the forefront of global manufacturing. At the beginning of 2017, there were questions concerning the continued growth and sustainability […]

BAIC, the Beijing Automotive Industry Company, intends to initiate a manufacturing plant in Mexico shortly in order to avoid paying the twenty-one percent duty that is charged on product that is imported by Mexico at present. The leadership of the Chinese company BAIC are is to make a public announcement regarding a future capital investment […]

The governors of Arizona, Minnesota, and Texas lobby for the continuance of the NAFTA, due to the benefits that their states have gained from the trilateral trade agreement. The threat to the continuance of the NAFTA under the administration of Donald J. Trump is still present. However, the probability that the United States will suddenly […]