Business Opportunities Between Mexico and Piedmont was held on Wednesday 26 May 2021. The webinar was organized by the Piedmont Region, the Consulate General of Mexico in Milan, the Honorary Consulate of Mexico in Turin and Ceipiemonte, and the Italian Agency for the trade promotion, internationalization and investment attraction of the Piedmont Region.The purpose of the event was to highlight the business and investment opportunities for Piedmontese companies in Mexico. With a relatively young population - 26 years of age - of approximately 120 million, an area of almost 2 million square km, and an attractive GDP growth rate, which makes it the 15th world’s largest economy, Mexico is a gateway for both North and Latin America.
Piedmont, which boasts a long tradition and excellence in advanced industrial technology, research and innovation, may be an important partner for Mexico and its dynamic, fast growing industrial base, vast mineral resources, and wide-ranging services sector. As the Councilor for Internationalization of the Piedmont Region Fabrizio Ricca pointed out: "Events like this are extremely important for our companies and our export-oriented economy. The creation of international synergies is a natural course for local growth in both Piedmont and Mexico.” Likewise, Mr Ricca also added “I am convinced that together we can do good things for the Piedmontese and for Mexico ».
The technological expertise of Piedmont companies are in high demand in Mexico, which in turn offers the possibility to access the largest free trade area in the world - T-MEC - as Ambassador María de los Ángeles Arriola indicated: "Mexico is an excellent window of opportunity for Piedmontese companies that want to expand their business into foreign markets.”
«Mexico and Italy» —the diplomat continued— “not only share a common historical past and cultural roots with similar values, but Mexico also represents the first market in Latin America for Italian exports and a reliable partner for investments. For its part, Italy positioned itself as the 5th largest foreign investor in Mexico in 2019 and since 2012 the two countries have established a strategic bilateral relationship. Mexico is the world's leading exporter of industrial products to the United States and, together with the latter and Canada, is part of the North American free trade area, T-MEC, which counts 493 million consumers and a total, combined GDP of 24 trillion dollars. Commercial transactions from Mexico to the United States exceed $ 1.2 billion per day.”For further information on the initiative, please contact messico [at] ice.it (subject: Machines%20Italia%20Newsletter)
