Has Mexican Trade in Manufactured Goods Reached Its Limits under nafta? Perspectives after 20 Years

This article analyzes Mexican trade in manufactured goods at the subsector level for the period 1993-2013. The results show that underlying dynamic manufacturing exports is a high dependency on manufacturing imports, particularly of capital and intermediate goods and high technology inputs. This has...

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Autor: Mendoza Cota, Jorge Eduardo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:México
Institución:Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Repositorio:Memoria Institucional CISAN, Repositorio Institucional, UNAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ru.micisan.unam.mx:123456789/19834
Acceso en línea:https://ru.micisan.unam.mx/handle/123456789/19834
http://dx.doi.org/10.20999/nam.2015.b003
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:CIENCIAS SOCIALES
International relations
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exports
manufacturing
nafta
China
international trade
exportaciones
manufacturas
TLCAN
comercio internacional
Relaciones internacionales
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Sumario:This article analyzes Mexican trade in manufactured goods at the subsector level for the period 1993-2013. The results show that underlying dynamic manufacturing exports is a high dependency on manufacturing imports, particularly of capital and intermediate goods and high technology inputs. This has led to important deficits in the trade balance for important manufacturing sectors. In addition, although the Mexican economy has had trade surpluses with both Canada and the United States, it has shown increasing trade deficits vis-à-vis China, Japan, Korea, and the European Union, particularly in the manufacturing sector.