Bridging Mexico to the World by Sea Transportation Infrastructure Maritime freight services have become a key mode of transportation to impel Mexico’s economic growth by boosting more efficiently international trade, promoting regional development and creating jobs. Mexican ports moved more than 87 million tons in the first semester 2010 alone, an increase of 25% in […]
Improving Borders to Make the Most of Opening Markets The Twenty-First Century Border initiative between Mexico and the US opens a new vision to face the current border zone challenges, which came as a result of the significant 380% growth in trade experienced since NAFTA took effect more than a decade and a half ago. […]
President Calderon’s Fourth State of the Union Address The report presents the actions taken and results obtained by the administration in the previous year. Of special importance were the relevant measures taken for the fostering of economic competitiveness and job creation along with economic and regulatory reforms. Mexico’s Timeless Textiles Conquering the World As a […]
Mexico’s President Calderon Announces 12 Measures to Simplify Procedures As part of the actions to boost the competitiveness of the Mexican economy, on August 17, 2010 President Calderon announced twelve additional simplification measures that will eliminate unnecessary costs on procedures and regulations. The Mexican Pharmaceutical Industry is Innovating its Future Medicine manufacturing in Mexico has […]
Mexican Highways: Paving the Way for Economic Growth Mexico’s highway network is the backbone of the transportation system and is key in the country’s strategy to increase its global competitiveness. Therefore, Mexico is giving high priority to the modernization of its road infrastructure in order to enable it to become one of the main logistics […]
Intellectual Property Rights Key for Innovation and Economic Growth in Mexico In recent years, Mexico has taken bold steps both domestically and internationally to ensure that its Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) protection and enforcement systems work efficiently to promote innovation, attract investment, and ultimately create more and better jobs in the country.
Mexico: A Promising Start to 2010 Over the course of the past year, Mexico has worked intensively to recover from the economic crisis by adopting sound economic policies and various measures that promote freedom and open markets. The government of Latin-America’s second-largest economy not only pledged to reject protectionist measures, like most of the G-20 […]
Shelter Program: A Quick Start to Manufacturing in Mexico The Mexican “maquiladora” industry, which is factories that import materials and equipment on a duty-free, tariff-free basis for assembly or manufacturing and then re-export the final product, has been an important policy tool for promoting Mexico’s employment, trade and foreign direct investment.
Building Up a World-Class Infrastructure in Mexico This year nearly one hundred projects have been planned to begin their bidding process to keep moving forward with the goals established in the National Infrastructure Program for 2007-2012 by President Calderon.
Mexico Imporves Its Attractiveness for Investments Mexico has notably risen to the top-ten most attractive nations in the world for foreign direct investment (FDI) and maintained its number one position as US low-cost outsourcing for the year of 2009, according to A.T. Kearney’s 2010. Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index and the AlixPartners’ 2010 US Manufacturing- […]
President Calderon Commits to a Reduction on Regulatory Requirements Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon reaffirmed his commitment to reduce government regulations and bolster competitiveness during the Regulatory Reform Forum, cosponsored by the Mexican Ministry of Economy and the OECD, on January 12th in Mexico City. Mexico Continues to Invest to Upgrade its Port Capacity The expansion […]
Building New Bridges between Mexico and the U.S. On January 12, 2010, Mexican President Felipe Calderon and U.S. Trade Representative, Ron Kirk, on behalf of U.S. President Barack Obama, officially inaugurated Anzaldúas International Bridge, which is the first new land port of entry on the southern U.S. border to open in ten years. Cancun International […]