Outside the T-MEC, 50% of Mexico's trade with the United States

Staff/RG Professor Ignacio Ibarra López, professor of the Department of Economics at Campus Puebla del Tecnológico de Monterrey, has developed a Model of Comparative Static Balance of the Automotive Sector in Mexico The commercial relationship between Mexico and the United States has been characterized in recent years by increasing interdependence. Two instruments have marked the relationship. Initially, the North American Free Trade Agreement (…

According to a study by Casa de Bolsa Intercam, 50% of Mexican exports are duty free, but the rest, by not complying with the rules of the T-MEC, does enter with the payment of the tax. But according to what President Donald Trump stated yesterday the 25% tariff that is applied [...]

President Claudia Sheinbaum said that the tariffs established by the United States (US) on Mexican articles that are not covered by the T-MEC can decrease if traffic in fentanyl is reduced. On April 2, US President Donald Trump imposed a reciprocal tariff package on the world’s major economies, inculcated by the European Union and China. Mexico was not included thanks to the trade treaty it has with states and Canada, better known as T-MEC. The …

Mexico remained the first trading partner of the United States in the first two-month period of 2025, amid uncertainty over the tariff policy of President Donald Trump. Between January and February of this year, trade - considering exports plus imports - between the two countries amounted to 138 billion dollars (mdd), a growth of 4.9% annually, according to the United States Department of Commerce. US exports to Mexico totaled 54,683 mdd and imp…

Five out of every 10 dollars of Mexico's trade with the United States is not covered by the T-MEC. Even though the country was not mentioned yesterday in the imposition of reciprocal tariffs, Washing-ton's taxes on the automotive industry and steel and aluminum remain in force, and adds to beer cans.