At the end of his three-year, nine-month term as president of the Business Coordinating Council (CCE), Francisco Cervantes Díaz, warned that Mexico will face important challenges in 2026, where the North American trade agreement (T-MEC) and investment have to be taken care of.
Before him National Council of the CCEthe leader maintained that from a business perspective four fundamental challenges will be faced: “intensify economic reactivation; care for and accelerate investment; preserve the T-MEC and generate sufficient trust to reach relevant agreements on trade and investment.”
Cervantes highlighted that during his period as leader of the CCE Dialogue was privileged as the guiding axis of the Council, where the commitment was to reactivate the economy through the promotion of two main platforms: the expansion of trade, and the increase in productive investment.
In his farewell speech and account of his management, he recognized the role of “businessmen who always act in favor of Mexico, such as Carlos Slim Helu, Alejandro Bailleres and Germán Larrea.”
He maintained that the action proposals implemented by the business organization arise from the dedication and experience of the commissions and work teams, as well as the voices and consensus of the confederations, associations and chambers that make up the CCE.
“Privileging consensus has been my motto and personal mission both in the 42 sessions of the National Council that I had to preside over, and in the 106 meetings of the Executive Commission that we held during my term,” said Francisco Cervantes.
To this end, he reported that the Business Coordinating Council carried out a timely follow-up of the legislative and regulatory reform projects, with the criterion of generating the desired economic reactivation, where he participated in the review and improvement of more than thirty reforms with a direct impact on employment, investment and business confidence.
“We managed to build a similar work agenda through business meetings with Canada,” he stated.
Furthermore, as a result, our exports to the United States grew at an average rate of 5.6% annually.
Foreign investment from the United States in Mexico grew at an annual rate of 8% on average. By 2024, Mexico became the United States’ largest trading partner.
