The Ministry of Economy assured that Mexico travels through “airs completely unknown and without instruments”, due to the commercial war unleashed by President Donald Trump.
“Today we navigate in a air completely unknown and without instruments, as well as in scenarios that we had not seen since the great depression of 1929,” said Ismael Ortiz Fernández, head of the Global Economic Intelligence Unit.
Despite uncertainty and trade war, foreign investment marked a record for the second consecutive year in 2024, by adding 36.8 billion dollars.
Manufacturing industry companies are the most invested in the Mexican economy during the past year, the official said during the foreign investment seminar in the aerospace sector, held within the framework of the Mexico Aerospace Fair (FAMX) 2025.
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He declared that from January 1 to April 23, “important investment ads” were made in the technology industry and wholesale sale in Mexico.
He said that Amazon Web Services promised to inject 4.00 MDD in its operations in Mexico, and that Mercado Pago, Nestlé and Netflix announced investments for 1,000 MDD each.
He argued that each of the investments is the reflection of trust and business opportunities that investors see in Mexico.
He affirmed that the Mexican economy manages stable and strong variables such as international reserves, inflation and exchange rate.
He said that the FAMX helps to underpin the meeting between entrepreneurs and the development of foreign direct investment in Mexico.
He considered that the fair takes place at a crucial moment of the Mexican and world economy.
He explained that the aerospace sector has experienced growth in the last decade with an accumulated 5,500 million pesos.
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He said that the policies of the federal and state governments have allowed the main firms of the aerospace sector and more than 150 companies to take the advantages of a quality workforce and the national supply.
“Mexico has a network of free trade agreements, with 30 promotion and reciprocal protection agreements of investments that give certainty to investments in the country,” he said.
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