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Our observations selected for North Carolina on doing business in Mexico, including news and insights
Mexico Military Aircraft Investments
We recently looked at the behest of a client into Mexico's approved military spending for the year. This information is published at the start of every calendar year (Mexico's fiscal year is the natural year), upon approval by Mexico's Congress. Requirements are...
Market fundamentals and calibrating trade realities
Some recent headlines from the business sections in Mexico: In the face of tensions with the US, the steel industry will invest 8.7 billion USD between now and 2028 Trump will add wood to the list of products subject to tariffs, "in March or sooner" Tourism builds...
Mexico’s Extant Protectionism in 2025
We have posted enough about supply chains and trade agreements that it is hopefully very clear that we recognize the importance of manufacturing trade in North America both to manufacturing and to the region's integrated economy. We also take it as a matter of fact...
Exports to Mexico Dominated by Manufacturing and Our Increasingly Complex Value Chains
To keep perspective on Mexico as a market versus other Latin America markets, remember that Mexico is indeed Latin America, but it is also North America. Mexico is a smaller economy than Brazil, but it punches above its weight in manufacturing due to higher volume focused on manufactured exports.
Mexico reaction to US tariff proposals: “Let’s keep talking”
Companies around the world are wondering if they should go on standby with international business initiatives given a possible paradigm shift if pronounced tariff barriers were enacted by the United States. In Mexico's case, however, we like to point out that the...
Mexico Market Intelligence – Textiles Update
We recently prepared detailed market intelligence for an NC company to identify 16 large plants in Mexico that produce sportswear and medical textiles. A little bit more about the textile industry in Mexico: in some ways it suffered around the year 2000 a similar fate...