Competitive Advantages of Mexico

EENI- School of International Business

Sub-subject: The Competitive Advantages of Mexico in the Global Market. Syllabus:

1. Competitive Advantages of Mexico
2. Ease of doing business in Mexico
3. International competitiveness of Mexico
4. Ranking of competitiveness of Mexico's states

Sample of the sub-subject: The Competitive Advantages of Mexico

Description of the Sub-Subject: The Competitive Advantages of Mexico:

1. Mexico occupies the second worldwide position, by the number of Free Trade Agreements in force. Mexico has signed ten Free Trade Agreements (FTA) and several Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
2. Mexico is a member of the North American Free Trade Agreement (Mexico, the United States, and Canada). These three countries are also members of APEC
3. Mexico is the second largest recipient of the foreign direct investment in Latin America
4. Mexico offers important savings in labour force costs compared to other potential foreign direct investment locations
5. Business with productive activities in the United States could benefit with an 11.5% tax rate reduction by moving to Mexico
6. In Mexico, an investor needs only six procedures to incorporate a company
7. For the export products from Mexico, only five procedural documents are required. This gives to Mexico an advantage over countries like Brazil, the People's Republic of China, and India where are required more documents
8. Regarding the macroeconomic stability, the United Mexican States ranks in the twenty-eight place (out of 139 countries, World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report)
9. Between 2009 and 2012, the Mexican real exchange rate will remain virtually balanced to the US dollar and to the Euro
10. Mexico is situated between the main global consumer markets
11. Mexico shares a border with the United States (3,000 kilometres); has quick access to the European market through the Atlantic Ocean and to the Asian market through the Pacific Ocean
12. Mexico has many natural resources that favour the development of a vast number of production activities, including those related to the renewable energy generation
13. Mexico has a long tradition of mining production, which plays a significant position in the economic activity of Mexico, especially in the industrial sector. Mexico is globally renewed for its mineral production, particularly silver, copper, bismuth, arsenic, lead, and zinc

ProMexico is the Mexican Government institution in charge of strengthening Mexican participation in the international economy.

Ranking Easy of Doing Business of the Mexican States.

Source: Doing Business -World Bank