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Course contents (Business in America)
- About Mexico.
- Mexican economy. Foreign trade.
- Free Trade Agreements.
- Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Mexico.
- Strategic sectors: software, agribusiness, plastic, footwear, ...
- Setting up business.
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Course : Mexico
Duration: 2 weeks.
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Tuitions and Feeds: 187 Euros.
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Es: México
Fr: Mexique
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Summary
Doing Business in Mexico: 105 million people, 10th biggest economy, 7th most important commercial trader. Guadalajara, DF, Tampico, ...
With 105 million people, Mexico is the world's 10th biggest economy and
the 7th most important commercial trader.
Mexico has an exceptional
geographic location with easy and fast communications between Mexico and North
America, South America, Europe and
Asia, as well as economic ties between these regions.
The economic figures indicate a well established and sustained economic
program aimed at growth and sharing this growth with all the companies involved.
Mexico's international trade in 2006 amounted 506.422 billion USD, where 250.292
were exports and 256.130 billion were imports, giving us a deficit of 5.838
billion USD., 23.8% lower than the one experienced in 2005.
A fundamental element of the strategy to open and
diversify Mexico's foreign trade is the different treaties and trade agreements
signed by Mexico since 1992. Mexico has signed more free trade agreements
(FTAs) than any other country in the world and this has placed Mexico in a
privileged position as one of the ten biggest exporters worldwide and one of the
main receivers of foreign direct investment. To date, Mexico has signed FTAs
with 32 countries and is in preliminary negotiations with 6 more.
APEC.
In the 1994-2007 1st quarter period, the Foreign Direct Investment
(FDI) accumulated was US$210.4 billions. The annual average FDI is US$16.2
billion, where almost 56% of Mexico´s FDI originates in the
United States. There are over 16,000 foreign companies
established in Mexico, where they enjoy a big local market and a solid platform
for boosting their exports.
Foreign Direct Investment had a very favorable performance for Mexico
prompted by the negotiation of free trade agreements, the tax discord with the
in bond assembling industry, new changes in the PITEX and Maquila programs. Free
trade agreements with 33 countries in the world have favored DFI. During the
time of free trade agreement negotiations the United States ranks first (56.3%),
followed by the Netherlands (10.8%), Spain (10.0%), the
United Kingdom (4.2%), Canada (3.4%), Germany (2.7%), Japan
(2.1%) and Switzerland (1.6%).
As a January 1, 2001, Mexico started applying new rules to the temporary
imports of goods and services used by “maquiladora” plants in Mexico, as
provided in the Decree that Establishes amendments for the
promotion and Operation of the Export Maquiladora Program.

Available Languages:
Master
Executive in International Business, Global Marketing and Internationalization
- Master in Emerging
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