There are a number of public and private entities to interact with then starting a business in Mexico When starting a business in Mexico there are various requirements and legalities that must be followed.   This post points out some of the public authorities and private organizations that are involved in the process of initiating operations.  […]

Salaries in Mexico are Latin America’s lowest Among the main goals of the North American Free Trade Agreement was to build a middle class in Mexico that has the economic power necessary to consume goods imported from its two NAFTA partners, the US and Canada. In reality, however, and in certain instances, depressed salaries in […]

Skilled Human Resources are Critical to the Growth of Mexican Maquiladoras. In the last three decades, Mexico has evolved from what was a mostly centrally-controlled and public sector driven economy to one that today is among the world’s most free market and export driven.  During these thirty years, the Mexican maquiladoras have been a large […]

Emerging Industries will Require a Trained Mexican Workforce As Mexico Mexico’s industrial base continues to grow and develop, finding the appropriate individuals to fill increasingly demanding and numerous positions will become more of a challenge. This is particularly true in sectors that are gaining momentum in Mexico.  More specifically, medical device, energy, aerospace, and telecommunications […]

The NAFTA was implemented in 1994 While much of the recent discussions examining the positives and negatives related to NAFTA focus on the United States, it is also important to examine the effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement on Mexico. The NAFTA came online in 1994 as a result of an intensive period […]

Background of the Protection of Intellectual Property in Mexico The first efforts made at the protection of intellectual property in Mexico (IP) began in 1832 with the “Law of Property Rights for Inventors”.  During that period, the mandate was put into effect as a measure to safeguard certain kinds of ideas and innovations.  It was […]

Renegotiating NAFTA with Elections Looming May Prove to be a Difficult Task As 2017 comes to an end, there is much speculation as to how the Renegotiating NAFTA with elections taking will affect Mexico and the United States during the coming year.  Politicians and international commerce experts alike both agree that it will very difficult […]

Mexican vehicle exports and the well-developed industry that generates them are central to the country’s economy. At the end of 2015, the Mexican automotive industry was the source of almost 900,000 salaried positions.  Trucks and vehicles were manufactured by ten percent of these employees, while the remaining workers produced the remainder in auto parts.  Mexico […]

NAFTA Negotiations will Continue into Next Year At the end of the fourth round of negotiations, the three countries involved in the NAFTA negotiations talks released a joint statement that their efforts to modernize the accord will in all likelihood extend into the first four months of 2018.  The goal that they have set for […]

The Mexican Federal Labor Law (Ley Federal de Trabajo) and the Mexican Social Security Law (Ley de Seguro Social) provide the legal framework that governs Mexican labor rules in accord with Article 123 of the Republic of Mexico’s Constitution. Mexican Labor Rules and Mexico’s Federal Labor Law Mexican labor rules are governed by its Federal […]