The investment projected by the maquiladora industry for Jalisco in 2025, estimated in 850 million dollarsis located in Pause while the panorama is clarified about the policies of the president of the United States, Donald Trump.
“Investments are still standing, somehow they are expected to see what will happen this monthbut we believe that the same pressure that the corporate and American institutions are doing to their own government will help ”, Guillermo del Río, president of Index Occidente commented.
Del Río emphasized that uncertainty does not mean the cancellation of investment plans, but an active surveillance of the situation.
“These investments were not scheduled for this month, they will be given during the year, but right now nobody has told us that it stopped it. I think it is very soon and hopefully everything is resolved and the plans continue,” he added.
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The companies affiliated with Index Occidente, Mainly of the manufacturing and electronic sector, they announced last December that this year they expect to specify investments for 850 million dollars in Jalisco, of which the 30 % corresponds to new projects and 70 % to reinvestments. In addition, the creation of approximately 9 thousand jobs is expected.
Given the uncertainty, the leader of Index Occidente stressed the importance of staying attentive to possible changes in the treaty between Mexico, the United States and Canada (T-MEC), whose review could be advanced. “We hope to have good teams to represent us,” he said.
For now, the industry maquiladora It is still waiting for greater certainty in commercial relations with the United States to define the next steps in your investments in Jalisco.
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