Mexico: Export Controls & Trade & Investment Sanctions

FinCEN has issued a new alert detailing how Mexican cartels are exploiting U.S. financial institutions to smuggle fuel across the southern border, evade Mexican import taxes, and launder billions in illicit proceeds. The alert outlines red flags for financial institutions and announces new OFAC sanctions targeting key operatives in the fiscal fuel theft scheme.

The United States has expanded its list of Mexican criminal organizations designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists, adding the Juárez Cartel and Los Viagras to six previously designated cartels. This development significantly impacts compliance and risk management for companies operating in Mexico with U.S. connections, as U.S. law prohibits providing material support to designated organizations and restricts transactions with blocked entities.

Mexico's Ministry of Economy has initiated an antidumping investigation into self-adhesive plastic tape imports from China, following a petition by domestic producers Industrias Tuk and Navi Lux. The investigation covers products with plastic backing and adhesive layers supplied in rolls, with a dumping investigation period from October 2024 to September 2025 and an injury analysis period extending back to October 2022.

Sabemos que hay chinos que quieren crear empresas en México y autorizarlas en el programa IMMEX.

In recent years, Mexico has significantly benefited from multinational corporations' investment in nearshoring strategies, with substantial investment in manufacturing and logistics...

After a frenzied election cycle, Donald Trump will return to the White House with an amplified trade agenda. In the campaign's final days, then-candidate Trump mused about imposing 500% tariffs on Mexican automobiles.

On March 31, 2005 the Federal Official Gazette published an EXECUTIVE ORDER ruling the Agreement to Strengthen the Economic Partnerships between the United Mexican States and Japan and its Implementation Agreement, effective April.1, 2005.

The long awaited Mexico-Japan EAA, finally came into effect today, April 1, 2005.