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Mexico Stayed America's Top Supplier Despite Tariffs
3+ hour, 57+ min ago (358+ words) Trump called it the "year of the tariff." Mexico called it a record year anyway. Census Bureau data released Thursday showed that Mexican goods exports to the United States hit $534.9 billion in 2025, up 5.8% from 2024 " cementing Mexico's third consecutive year as…...
From Interior To Port: Randon’s $143 Million Order Tracks Brazil’s New Logistics Map
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (365+ words) A stock surge can look like a one-day trade, until you see what it reveals. Randoncorp moved sharply higher after confirming that a large wagon contract had entered into force. The order is estimated at roughly R$770 million (about $143 million)…...
Mexico Between Washington and the Cartels: A Year of Containment and Cleanups
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (309+ words) Donald Trump's return to the White House put Mexico back in a squeeze: border escalation, cartel labels, and tariff threats. President Claudia Sheinbaum refused a public shouting match. She waited a day, then urged "a cool head," framing patience as…...
Trump’s Tariff Shock Exposes How Dependent Mexico’s Auto Boom Has Become
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (360+ words) For years, Mexico's auto industry looked like a safe bet. Factories multiplied. Wages stayed modest. Unions were manageable. The US market seemed guaranteed. Then Washington raised the price of entry. In October 2025, Mexican vehicle exports to the United States fell…...
Mexico’s Jobs Miracle: Booming Headlines, Fragile Reality
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (369+ words) Mexico's job numbers look stunning at first glance. In October, about 655,500 more people were working, and the official unemployment rate slipped to 2.6%. Out of a labour force of roughly 62.5 million people, around 60.9 million now have a job. On paper, it…...
Mexico’s Investment Paradox: Factories Are Booming, But Local Bosses Are Hitting The Brakes
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (378+ words) Mexico is selling a success story to the world. Global manufacturers are moving in, nearshoring is the buzzword, and foreign money keeps flowing. Yet many Mexican business owners are quietly slowing down, not speeding up. A new survey by IPADE…...
Mexico’s Retail Pause Shows The Limits Of The Nearshoring Story
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (357+ words) Mexico is being marketed as a rare success story: factories returning from Asia, logistics hubs expanding, exports growing. The latest retail numbers tell a quieter, more complex story. In September, seasonally adjusted retail sales slipped by just 0.04% compared with August....
Record Investment Flows Into Mexico Even As Tariff Fears Deepen
3+ mon, 3+ hour ago (337+ words) Mexico has logged roughly $41 billion in foreign direct investment in the first nine months of 2025, the highest figure ever for this period and about 15% more than a year earlier. The announcement from Economy Secretary Marcelo Ebrard came even as the…...
Mexican Economy Contracts 0.3% in Third Quarter Amid Industrial Slump
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (334+ words) In the third quarter of 2025, Mexico's economy shrank by 0.3 percent compared to the previous three months, marking its first quarterly decline since the depths of the pandemic in early 2021. This dip, revealed in preliminary data from the National Institute of…...
Mexico's Manufacturing Export Boom Defies U.S. Tariff Pressures
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (418+ words) Mexico just posted its strongest export growth in over a year13.8 percent in September to $56.49 billion. Behind that number lies a profound transformation in how North America makes things, and why Mexico has emerged as the unlikely winner in a trade…...