Mexico is seeing a manufacturing boom amid US-China trade tensions. More American companies are outsourcing factory operations to Mexico - with, among other reasons, the need to de-risk supply chains.

But more Chinese corporations are also investing billions in Mexico as a production base to get closer to regional consumers - a practice called nearshoring - and to get around US tariffs imposed on Chinese exports since the 2018 Trump era. Since 2023, China has overtaken the US as Latin America’s top trading partner.

00:00 Intro
01:08 Mexico’s manufacturing renaissance
02:48 Why Chinese companies are investing in Mexico
04:43 Is China a rising threat to the US in Latin American trade?

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About the show: As de-risking deepens, China’s economy loses billions in investments. Is this the end of made-in-China, and the rise of new manufacturing powerhouses like India, Indonesia, and Mexico? What is the new form of globalisation that is emerging?

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