Earlier this month, the Mexican government announced a broad strategy that includes regulatory, administrative, and institutional measures aimed at encouraging investment in the short term, particularly in the context of supply chain relocation, better known as nearshoring (the “Plan”).
The announcement represents a significant redesign of Mexico’s procedures for attacting investment by incorporating expedited authorization
On April 3, 2026, a decree amending, supplementing, and repealing various provisions of Mexico’s Federal Law for the Protection of Industrial Property (the “Decree”) was published in the Official Journal of the Federation. These changes are particularly significant for the protection of industrial property rights in Mexico, as they modify existing concepts, introduce new ones
As announced in December of last year, on May 1st a decree amending Mexico’s Federal Labor Law was published in the Official Journal of the Federation, with the purpose of reducing the standard workweek in Mexico. This reform will gradually decrease the maximum number of hours that may be worked per week, reaching a
On April 23, 2026, the “Decree Amending the Tariff Schedule of the General Import and Export Tax Law and the Decree Establishing Various Sectoral Promotion Programs” (the “TGIE Decree” and “PROSEC Decree”) were published in Mexico’s Official Journal of the Federation, which modified tariffs ranging from 5% to 35% on the importation of goods classified
On December 9, 2025, the Resolution by which the Plenary Session of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission approves and issues the Guidelines for the Identification of Mobile Phone Lines (the “Guidelines”) was published in the Official Journal of the Federation. The Guidelines establish various direct obligations for mobile phone service providers, including, among others, the procedures
On-site power generation experienced significant growth in Mexico beginning in the 1990s through the regulatory schemes of simple self-supply and cogeneration, and, since 2014, as a result of the now-abrogated Electricity Industry Law, which introduced the concepts of isolated supply as well as exempt/distributed generation, the latter limited to projects below 0.5 MW. In particular
The Mexican Tax Administration Service (“SAT”) has released an advance version of the First Amendment to the 2026 Foreign Trade General Rules (“RGCE”), along with Official Communication 23/2026, extending the effective date of the Electronic Statement of Value (“MVE”).
This First Amendment modifies Rule 1.5.1 of the RGCE to clarify the cases in which the
This year, the United States celebrates the 250th anniversary of its declaration of independence from England. It was during the Second Continental Congress held in Philadelphia, on July 4, 1776, that the delegates of the 13 British colonies in America approved the Declaration of Independence.
While the delegates examined the draft prepared by Thomas Jefferson
On January 16, 2026, a single case decision was published in Mexico’s Federal Judicial Gazette under the title: “PROMISSORY NOTE EXECUTED TO GUARANTEE PERFORMANCE OF A CREDIT AGREEMENT. AN EXPRESS FORUM-SELECTION CLAUSE SUBMITTING TO THE JURISDICTION OF COURTS IN A SPECIFIC TERRITORIAL DISTRICT CANNOT TAKE EFFECT IF THE SIGNATORY WAS UNABLE TO NEGOTIATE ITS TERMS,”
On March 3, 2026, Mexico’s Executive Branch published a Decree amending Sections IV and XI of Section A of Article 123 of the Constitution of the United Mexican States in the evening edition of the Official Journal of the Federation. This constitutional amendment, which entered into force on the same day as its publication, structurally