The recent visit of United States President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to Mexico in January 2023 for the North American Leaders Summit underlined how critical Mexico-specific safety considerations have become for the region at large. Not only was it ranked among the key issues to discuss, but the three leaders appeared to agree that enhanced multilateral cooperation to address border security and drug trafficking is needed. If value chains are to be fully integrated and North America is to become the manufacturing powerhouse of next-generation products, there is no question that questions involving safety need to improve at a macro level in Mexico and, even more critically, investors need to gain a strategic edge in analyzing and reacting to micro level security conditions prevailing in the areas where they operate. With improved conditions and enhanced intelligence, much-needed cross-border investments can thrive. 1 This issue brief analyzes a number of relevant security criteria that should be addressed while doing business in Mexico. As such, it proposes to move beyond the presentation of official statistics and present the criteria for a richer assessment that considers specific location, industry sector, as well as the population and the private […]
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