The National Council of the Export Manufacturing Industry (Index) affirmed that they will continue to attract foreign direct investment to the economy, despite the tightening of the trade, immigration and security policies of the United States.
“At the beginning of 2026 we announce our objective to continue promoting investments in our country, the arrival of foreign direct investment and the generation of more and better jobs,” declared the organization directed by Humberto Martínez Cantú.
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The business entity recalled that it closely follows international events and is attentive to a possible hardening of the discourse on energy, immigration, security and trade.
The tightening by the United States government of the energy, immigration, security and trade agenda will eventually cloud the review process of the Free Trade Agreement (TMEC), which will begin after the first half of 2026, he said.
The maquiladora industry said it will maintain close communication with representatives of the governments of Mexico and the United States regarding the review of the USMCA, the trade agreement that moves North America.
“We will be attentive to the modifications to the Law on General Import and Export Taxes (LIGIE) and the Rates of the Law on General Import and Export Taxes (TIGIE) promoted by the Ministry of Economy and Finance and Public Credit,” he assured.
Index showed its availability to Claudia Sheinbaum’s government to provide a vision of the export manufacturing sector with more than 60 years of experience.
“Mexico must take advantage of the internal market that contributes to balancing foreign trade balances for the benefit of the coexistence and well-being of all Mexicans, thereby achieving a solid, diversified and socially inclusive national industrialization,” he commented.
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Abroad, the members and affiliates of Index will hold their Board of Directors meetings in the cities of McAllen, Texas and Washington, DC in February and March, which confirms the interest in being a key actor in the review of the USMCA and strengthening a good relationship with US congressmen and peers, mainly on the tariff issue.
“With this, the updating and establishment of tariffs will make it possible to correct trade distortions, guaranteeing fair conditions of competition for national producers in the face of unfair practices and external subsidy policies, as well as aligning tariff policy with a vision of sustainable and regional development,” said Index.