Mexican companies will invest in extensions and operations during 2025 even with uncertainty for Donald Trump’s tariff policies and the least economic growth, said Rolando Vega Sáenz, president of the Mexican Business Council (CMN).
“The companies that make up the Council and in companies in general, cannot be stopped, there may be adjustments for the economic situation and the least growth, but that there will be investment, there will be investment,” said the businessman.
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Currently, the Mexican Business Council is made up of 57 Mexican businessmen and businessmen who promote social welfare and economic development of the country.
In 2024, the Mexican Business Council announced an investment of 30 billion dollars, a amount of investment allocated by the country’s companies to their projects in Mexico.
Companies affiliated with the CMN generate more than one million 600 thousand jobs and provide more than 17% of the gross domestic product; These Mexican firms also operate in more than 87 countries.
Investments by 2025 are guaranteed from companies such as Alfa, Alsea, Arca Continental, Bachoco, Casa Law, Chedraui, Cinépolis, Coppel, Bimbo, Bepensa, Cemex, Bal, Deacero, Ecom, Fams GIS, Gruma, Brisas Group, GBM, Grupo Carso, GCC, Grupo Infra, Herdez, Kaluz, Kaltex, Kuo and Eating it, among others.
Rolando Vega Sáenz said they held a meeting with Marcelo Ebrard, Secretary of Economy, to see the strategy and route to be followed by Donald Trump’s tariffs.
“We are within the Mexican Treaty, the United States and Canada (TMEC), which has been the most successful commercial agreement worldwide,” he said.
North America has a very important value, so “there will be negotiations and I have confidence that this will continue,” added the president of the CMN.
The members of the Mexican Business Council held a meeting with Marcelo Ebrard, Secretary of Economy (SE), to share all the work of visit and strategy with the review of the TMEC, he said.
“We treat the points in general of the Council, economic activity, development and important points such as Infonavit reform enter.”
There are important points in the Infonavit reform approved in the Congress of the Union, he added.
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“We talked with tariffs that we have known so far, so we are working to see what the affectation is. There is no route from there to here or from here to there in the subject of tariffs, ”concluded Rolando Vega.
