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2026 Trade Volatility: USMCA Edition

by neighborsmx2 | Mar 1, 2026 | Blog, Mexico Market Intelligence

A Living Treaty: the 2026 USMCA Review The review of USMCA scheduled for July 1, 2026 is baked into the treaty itself (Article 34.7), with U.S. change proposals due to Congress by June 1. As of March 2026, all three countries are actively engaged in preparation for...

Textile Innovation, Hecho en México, and the Ever-Merging North American Marketplace

by neighborsmx2 | Jun 4, 2025 | Blog, Mexico Market Intelligence

We recently learned from a Mexican knits producers that something of a townhall took place in May for Mexico’s textile industry, including the textile chamber CANAINTEX and likely members of the apparel chamber, CONAIVE as well. Although we have yet to find...

Market fundamentals and calibrating trade realities

by neighborsmx2 | Mar 4, 2025 | Blog, Mexico Market Intelligence

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”...

Mexico’s Extant Protectionism in 2025

by neighborsmx2 | Feb 3, 2025 | Blog, Mexico Market Intelligence

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...

Exports to Mexico Dominated by Manufacturing and Our Increasingly Complex Value Chains

by neighborsmx2 | Dec 26, 2024 | Blog, Mexico Market Intelligence

Not counting petroleum and natural gas, the US exported 207 billion USD worth of products to Mexico in 2023. Of the top 20 commodity classifications exported, 16 were vehicles, machinery and instruments, or manufacturing inputs such as plastics, chemicals, yarns and...