Mexico's Economic Growth - One of the Many Reasons Google Does Business in Mexico

Google is a multinational company with a hand in Internet search, cloud computing, advertising technologies, and search engines. Google currently employs more than 28,000 people worldwide.

In an interview with Mexico Today, Google Country Director John Farrell speaks to the investment potential of Mexico. Watch the video and read the article to find what economic and technological factors make Mexico attractive for investment and  Mexico's competitive advantage for business over other countries, like China and India.

"Mexico is Opportunity 2011" Forum

Mexico's President, Felipe Calderon, recently lead the "Mexico is Opportunity 2011" forum, where he spoke to business executives, diplomats, as well as executives from the Mexican Ministries of Economy, Treasury and Labor, and Promexico, about the country's economic condition and federal government actions that make up for the attractive, safe and profitable destination that is Mexico.

At the breakfast event, President Calderon stated:

"Mexico is a strong, growing nation with a long term vision and full of opportunities. I enjoy what we have accomplished and for what we, Mexicans, have worked hard over the past years to make Mexico an attractive, safe, and profitable country for investing." He also added, "We know that in their expansion projects, global companies seek economies in growth with solid economic and structural fundamentals. And this is precisely the case of Mexico."

Investment opportunities keep arising every day in Mexico. In fact, it is no surprise that Japanese investors are considering the Mexican market as their next investment target market, as reported by a recent Wall Street Journal story.

Source: PR Newswire

Chile, Brazil and Mexico: Most Investor Friendly Nations in Latin America

Per an annual scorecard from the Latin American Venture Capital Association, Chile, Brazil and Mexico are the most investor-friendly environments for venture capital and private equity in Latin America. Mexico retained its third place ranking namely due to allowing state pension funds invest in local private equity funds through publicly-traded development capital certificates (CKDs).

Canada Should Invest More in Mexico

Originally published in the Globe and Mail, a recent article by Colin Robertson from "The Mark" details why Canada should invest more in Mexico. As it stands, Canada is Mexico's third largest trading partner, with more than 25,000 Canadian firms active in Mexico.

The article references Robert Pastor's new book, "The North American Idea: A Vision of a Continental Future." In it, Pastor commends Canada's efforts to cultivate a relationship with Mexico, but encourages the country to do more. He says, "We need [...] to start over with a big North American idea, one based on the simple premise that all three countries benefit when one succeeds, and we are all hurt when one fails.”

Additionally, Robertson goes on to say:

"Parallel with the new Canada-U.S. border and regulatory initiative, we need to develop a coherent strategy toward Mexico that looks at our integrated trade and investment. Identify opportunities for common cause, as we demonstrated in pandemic planning over H1N1. We both have shared interests in curtailing U.S. gun imports, in securing better access for our trucking, in joint action against U.S. agricultural subsidies."