In investments, neither pause nor cancellation: Ebrard

There is no pause or cancellation of investments in Mexico, on the contrary, there is more interest, assured yesterday Marcelo Ebrard, next head of the Ministry of Economy, while the elected president, Claudia Shienbaum Pardo, assured that it is false that the reform of the Judiciary It will distance them, as was said from the private initiative.

On October 15, Sheinbaum will hold her first meeting as president with businessmen at the binational CEO Dialogue meeting, with the participation of 45 executives from national and United States firms. The meeting will seek to provide them with certainty, clear up doubts regarding judicial reform and present the lines of their government to attract investment from the United States, Germany, Italy, Japan and other countries, Ebrard explained.

There is a lot of interest in investing in MexicoSheinbaum said in an interview, leaving the transition house in the afternoon for a meeting at the National Palace with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and military engineers to review the works that will remain pending.

He stated that Ebrard has been working on an investment portfolio and the idea of ​​this (binational) meeting is to talk precisely about that with different businessmen internationally, nationally and particularly from the United States. Remember, he said, that We have a program of wellness centers, we want to explain how you can invest and the incentives there are, etc., and that is the idea.

Hours before, after reporting on the businessmen who will attend the meeting, Ebrard stated that the next government It will start strong and will bring more investments… There is interest in coming on October 15, meeting the country’s first president, who attracts a lot of attention around the world, and finding out what policies the new one is going to follow. government.

In this framework, he maintained that the 45 billion dollars of investment confirmed for this year are maintained. I have not received any cancellation.

Mexico, he stressed, is extremely competitive” and specified that of the 45 large companies that will participate in the binational meeting, about 30 are already in Mexico, and the others are either going to make investment announcements or are going to settle in the country starting in 2025. But the large investment funds have already confirmed their attendance, he indicated.

On the Mexican side, the Business Coordinating Council, the Global Business Council and the American Chamber, co-organizer of the meeting, will participate, where the dialogue, said the former chancellor, will be direct.

Energy, infrastructure and customs issues will also be addressed; we search share a vision of what we want to build with the United States for the next 20 years.

In the context of his recent visit to Italy, Ebrard maintained that Europeans consider that Mexico It’s the new frontier to invest, due to its population, demographics and because it is the main partner of the United States, among other factors.

He mentioned that several Italian companies confirmed their interest in investing. For example, Arsenale, with a specialty in railway tourism; Ficantieri, a naval company, one of the largest in the world, and Leonardo, which builds airplanes, satellites, drones and helicopters.