Investment Opportunities in Mexico’s South-Southeast Region

The Council of the Americas hosted an in-person program featuring the Secretary of Economy of Mexico Raquel Buenrostro and senior officials, in which they presented the tenders and incentives for the development hubs of the Interoceanic Corridor. This project will connect the Pacific and the Gulf coasts across the states of Veracruz and Oaxaca via an expanded freight rail line along with multiple industrial parks. 

As shared by the Mexican delegation, the corridor aims to attract manufacturing investment and convert the Isthmus of Tehuantepec into a central hub for global trade while promoting economic development in the south-southeast region of the country. 

The program also included the participation of two private-sector speakers who shared their perspective about the potential of the project. 

The event was held in Spanish. 

Speakers: 

• Raquel Buenrostro, Secretary of Economy of Mexico 
• Alejandro Encinas Nájera, Under Secretary of Economy for Foreign Trade, Secretariat of Economy of Mexico 
• Othón Valverde Yáñez, General Director of Heavy Industries and Advanced Technology, Secretariat of Economy of Mexico 
• Irais Barreto Canales, Head of the Global Economic Intelligence Unit, Secretariat of Economy of Mexico 
• Robert Wildeboer, Executive Chairman, Martinrea International Inc. 
• John Brooks, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Canadian Pacific Kansas City 
• Susan Segal, President and CEO, Americas Society/Council of the Americas 

Program information: Adan Toledo at atoledo@as-coa.org.