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14. Other regional institutions of Mexico Summary 1. Latin American and Caribbean Economic System SELA
2. Economic Commission for Latin America ECLAC 3. Inter-American Development Bank IADB
15. Introduction to Spanish 16. Access to the Mexican market
17. Business plan for Mexico
Objectives of the module: The main purpose of the module International Trade and business in Mexico is to offer a
global vision of Mexico and the business opportunities in the Mexican market in order:
1. To learn to do business in Mexico Jalisco, Nuevo Leon, Chihuahua 2. To know the business opportunities in Mexico
3. To understand how to negotiate in Mexico 4. To analyse foreign trade import export and foreign direct investment flows
5. To understand the importance of NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement and
others Agreements of Mexico
6. To develop a business plan for the Mexican Market
Doing Business in Mexico
With a population of 122 Millions of people, Mexico is the ninth largest economy in the world and the seventh largest global exporter
Sub-subject - Key sectors of the Mexican economy. Syllabus:
1. Introduction to Mexico 2. Mexican Aerospace Industry.
3. Automotive sector. 4. Agribusiness sector.
5. Case Study: Acquisition of FEMSA by Heineken. 6. Creative industries.
7. Medical devices. 8. Household Appliances industry.
9. Case Study: Bosch Group in Mexico. 10. Electronics industry.
11. Renewable energy. 12. Information Technology market IT, Business Process Outsourcing, Software.
13. Case Study: Mexican Companies
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1. VW of Mexico. 2. Sukarne.
3. Bosch Mexico. 4. Tata Consultancy Services in Mexico.
Sub-subject - Carlos Slim Christian Maronite, the worlds richest man. Syllabus:
1. The Mexican businesspeople Carlos Slim 2. The Carso Group
3. The Carlos Slim Foundation
Sub-subject: Competitive Advantage of Mexico in the Global Market. Syllabus:
1. The Competitive Advantage of Mexico. 2. Ease of doing business in Mexico.
3. International Competitiveness of Mexico. 4. Ranking of competitiveness of Mexico states.
Sub-subject - Foreign direct investment FDI in Mexico. Syllabus:
1. Framework for Foreign Direct Investment FDI in Mexico. 2. Overview of Foreign Direct Investment FDI in Mexico.
3. Changes and Trends in Foreign direct investment FDI. 4. Foreign Direct Investment by sector, Mexican states, and Country.
5. Incentives for Foreign Investment. 6. Agreements on Reciprocal Promotion and Protection of Investments.
Sub-subject - Business in Jalisco Guadalajara Mexico. Syllabus:
1. Introduction to the state of Jalisco. 2. The economy of Jalisco.
3. International Trade. 4. Foreign direct investment FDI.
5. Guadalajara’s advantages in the global economy. 6. Doing Business in Guadalajara: Mexicos Silicon Valley.
7. Key sectors of Jalisco: 1. Automotive
2. Aerospace 3. Electronics Contract Manufacturing
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4. Electronic Design 5. Software
6. Business Process Outsourcing services. 8. Case Study:
1. Kaxan Media Group. 2. Arion Group.
3. The Guadalajara International Book Fair
Sub-subject - Doing Business in Nuevo Leon Monterrey Mexico. Syllabus:
1. Introduction to the State of Nuevo Leon. 2. The economy of Nuevo Leon.
3. International Trade. 4. Foreign Direct Investment FDI in Nuevo Leon.
5. Doing Business in Monterrey: the industrial capital of Mexico. 6. Competitive advantages of Nuevo Leon.
7. Clusters in Nuevo Leon: 1. Automotive
2. Home Appliance 3. Aerospace
4. Healthcare 5. Information Technology Industry.
8. Major industrial groups in Nuevo Leon. 9. Case Study:
1. CEMEX. 2. Group FEMSA.
3. Group ALFA. 4. Group Gruma.
Sub-subject: Doing Business in Chihuahua - Ciudad de Juarez Mexico. Syllabus:
1. Introduction to the State of Chihuahua. 2. The economy of Chihuahua.
3. International Trade. 4. Foreign direct investment FDI.
5. The Maquiladora Industry. 6. Doing Business in City of Chihuahua and Ciudad de Juarez.
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7. Industrial Clusters: 1. Electronics
2. Automotive 3. Clothing manufacturer
4. Agribusiness 5. Furniture
6. Construction Materials 7. Mining
8. Case Study: 1. Interceramic
2. Group BAFAR.
Mexico’s Free Trade Agreements FTA
1. Mexico’s Multilateral Agreements: the North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA , the Trans-Pacific Agreement TPP, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation APEC, the
Pacific Alliance, the Northern Triangle El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, the Andean Community associate member, the European Union, the European Free Trade
Association EFTA, the MERCOSUR, the Latin American Integration Association ALADI, the Association of Caribbean States ACS, and the Mesoamerica Project
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2. Mexico’s Bilaterals FTAs: Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Colombia, Uruguay, Chile, Japan, Peru, Ecuador, and Israel
Subject: North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA. Syllabus:
1. Introduction to the North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA. 2. Institutions of the NAFTA
3. Free Trade Commission. 4. Background of the agreement
5. Economic Impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement 6. NAFTA rules of origin.
7. Economic facts about NAFTA. 8. Dispute Settlement
Subject: Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement TPP.
1. Introduction to the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement TPP 2. Free trade in goods.
3. Rules of Origin. 4. International Trade in Services.
5. Enlargement of the TPP
Subject: Pacific Alliance Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. Syllabus:
1. Introduction to the Pacific Alliance 2. The strategic importance of the Pacific Alliance
3. Organisational chart of the Pacific Alliance 4. Trade and integration in the region of the Pacific Alliance
5. Liberalisation of services and capitals. 6. Integrated Latin American Market MILA
7. Protection of Intellectual Property
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Sub-subject: Mexico-Northern Triangle Free Trade Agreement FTA. Syllabus:
1. The Free Trade Agreement between Mexico and the Northern Triangle El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.
2. Certificate of origin. 3. Criteria for preferential treatment.
4. Regional Value Content.
Sub-subject: Costa Rica-Mexico Free Trade Agreement FTA. Syllabus:
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1. The Free Trade Agreement FTA between Mexico and Costa Rica. 2. Rules of Origin
3. Regional Value Content. 4. International Trade Mexico-Costa Rica.
5. Investment flows between Costa Rica and Mexico.
Sub-subject: Mexico-Nicaragua Free Trade Agreement FTA. Syllabus:
1. Mexico-Nicaragua Free Trade Agreement. 2. Certification of origin.
3. Regional Value Content. 4. International Trade Mexico-Nicaragua.
5. Investment flows between Mexico and Nicaragua.
Sub-subject: Mexico-Colombia Free Trade Agreement FTA. Syllabus:
5. The Free Trade Agreement between the United Mexican States and the Republic of Colombia.
6. Protocol amending the Agreement Colombia-Mexico. 7. Advantages of the agreement.
8. Foreign Trade Mexico-Colombia.
Sub-subject: Mexico-Uruguay Free Trade Agreement FTA. Syllabus:
1. The Free Trade Agreement between Mexico and Uruguay ACE 60. 2. Advantages of the agreement.
3. International Trade Mexico-Uruguay.
Sub-subject: Mexico-Chile Free Trade Agreement FTA. Syllabus:
1. The Free Trade Agreement between Mexico and Chile. 2. Foreign Trade Mexico-Chile.
3. Investment flows between Chile and Mexico.
Sub-subject: Economic Complementation Agreement Mexico-MERCOSUR. Syllabus:
1. Economic Complementation Agreement between Mexico and the Southern Common Market MERCOSUR ACE 54.
2. MERCOSUR-Mexico automotive sector ACE-55. 3. Foreign Trade Mexico-MERCOSUR.
Sub-subject - Agreements between Mexico and the Andean Community. Syllabus:
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4. International Trade in products Andean Community-Mexico. 5. Agreement between Mexico and the Andean Community.
6. Partial Agreements between Mexico and the Andean Community States.
Sub-subject: the European Union-Mexico Trade Agreement FTA. Syllabus:
1. The European Union-Mexico Free Trade Agreement FTA. 2. Advantages of the Agreement for the European and Mexican companies
3. The European Union and Mexico Foreign Trade relations. 4. Investment flows between Mexico and the European Union
Sub-subject: Mexico-European Free Trade Agreement EFTA Free Trade Agreement. Syllabus:
1. EFTA States-Mexico Free Trade Agreement FTA. 2. International Trade in products and services.
3. Advantages for exporters. 4. Foreign Trade between Mexico and the countries of the European Free Trade
Association Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein.
Sub-subject: Economic Partnership Agreement Mexico-Japan. Syllabus:
1. The Agreement for the Strengthening of the Economic Partnership between Mexico and Japan
2. Protocol Amending the Agreement. 3. Free Trade Agreement FTA Japan-Mexico
4. Regional Value Content. 5. Certificate of origin.
6. Economic relationships between Mexico and Japan. 7. Japanese exports to Mexico.
8. Investments in Mexico by Japanese companies.
Sub-subject: Mexico-Israel Free Trade Agreement FTA. Syllabus:
1. The Free Trade Agreement FTA between Mexico and Israel. 2. Advantages of the agreement.
3. Regional Value Content. 4. Rules of Origin.
5. Foreign Trade Mexico-Israel.
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Module- Business in the United States and Canada
Doing Business in the United States
1. The United States Economy 2 ECTS 2. The US Businessman
3. California 2 ECTS 4. Florida 2 ECTS
5. New York 2 ECTS 6. Free Trade Agreements 2 ECTS
Doing Business in Canada 2 ECTS
Free Trade Agreements related to the markets analysed in the module
United States’ Free Trade Agreements FTA 1. Africa: the African Growth and Opportunity Act AGOA 1 ECTS, the agreements
with COMESA, the East African Community EAC and the West African Economic and Monetary Union UEMOA
2. Asia: Australia, Singapore, the ASEAN, South Korea 3. Europe: the European Union Future FTA
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4. America: Central America-Dominican Republic CAFTA-DR, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Panama, the Caribbean Basin Initiative CBI
5. Arab countries: Morocco, Bahrain, Jordan, Oman Canada’s Free Trade Agreements FTA:
1. America: Panama, Chile, Honduras, Costa Rica, Colombia, Peru, the Caribbean CARIBCAN
2. Arab countries: Jordan 3. Asia: agreements with India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ASEAN 4. Europe: FTA with the European Free Trade Association EFTA
Subject: the North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA. Syllabus:
1. Introduction to the North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA 2. Institutions of the NAFTA
3. Free Trade Commission 4. Background of the agreement
5. Economic Impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA 6. NAFTA rules of origin.
7. Economic facts about NAFTA 8. Dispute Settlement
Objectives of the subject North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA are to
1. Understand the aims and institutions of the North American Free Trade Agreement FTA
2. To assess the benefits and economic impact for NAFTA countries 3. Analyse the process of economic integration and trade between Canada, the US, and
Mexico 4. Know the dispute settlement mechanism
5. Understand the rules of origin of NAFTA
Subject: Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement TPP.
1- Introduction to the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement TPP 2- Free trade in goods
3- Rules of Origin 4- International Trade in Services
5- Enlargement of the TPP 6- Pacific Alliance
Doing Business in the US
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The main objective of the module Doing Business in the United States is to provide an overview of the United States Economy and business opportunities in order...:
1. To know the strengths of the US economy 2. To learn to do business in the US California, New York, and Florida
3. To explore the business opportunities in the United States 4. To analyse Foreign Trade and foreign direct investment flows
5. To understand the importance of the NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement
