La promoción activa del comercio exterior y los vínculos más cercanos entre la industria, la academia y el gobierno, debería ayudar a acelerar la nueva ola de avances industriales en el Estado mexicano de Nuevo León, ayudando así a compensar cualquier nueva barrera que el nuevo gobierno de los EEUU pueda crear contra el libre comercio.
In 2016, as many other sectors of the economy experienced a slowdown, the Mexican manufacturing sector achieved annual growth of 1.3%. Since the enactment of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994, the country has cemented itself as one of the world’s industrial powerhouses, providing parts and products for a range of...
In January 2017 Ford Motors announced it would cancel its proposed $1.6bn investment in a new assembly plant for its Ford Focus model in the Mexican state of San Luis de Potosí (see analysis). International media reported that Mark Fields, CEO of Ford Motors, stated that the decision was based, in part, on the fact that falling demand for...
The liberalisation of energy is set to open up vast opportunities in Mexico’s downstream petrochemicals segment. The 2016 commissioning of the Etileno XXI petrochemicals complex in Veracruz state, a $5.2bn joint venture between Brazil’s Braskem (75%) and Mexico’s Grupo Idesa (25%), was a crucial milestone for the much-delayed expansion of the...
The global airline industry is facing serious challenges as demand for passenger aircraft across the globe grows; US manufacturer Boeing anticipated that a further 38,050 aircraft with a total value of $5.6trn will be required by 2034. From modest beginnings at the turn of the century, Mexico has developed a multi-billion-dollar aerospace...
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