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 […]

The Canada, Mexico and the US are making efforts to make certain that the NAFTA renegotiation talks move along at an accelerated clip. This is because the three partners to the meetings are all attempting to finish the renegotiation of the accord prior to Mexico’s elections at the beginning of July. The Mexican news outlet, […]

The EU-Mexico Free Trade Agreement that was signed in 1997 has been updated and re-engineered recently to demonstrate a commitment to greater trade and commerce between Mexico and the European Union. The announcement of the altered trade accord between the two economic parties was made on April 21, 2018. Mexico is the second largest Latin […]

In order to be successful, companies that manufacture within the borders of Latin America’s second-largest economy must be knowledgeable regarding the requirements for importing goods into Mexico.  Although much has been done in recent years to simplify the process, those that are importing goods into Mexico must know the applicable rule in order to avoid […]