LatinNews Daily - 20 November 2025

*Mexico’s government led by President Claudia Sheinbaum has announced that foreign direct investment (FDI) reached a record of US$40.91bn in the first three quarters of the year, up 14.5% on the same period of 2024. Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard said that the biggest growth in FDI was seen in new investments, going from US$2.06bn in the first three quarters of 2024 to US$6.56bn this year, which he said would benefit sectors such as energy, data centres, infrastructure projects, and the financial sector. Ebrard stated the majority of the investment came from the US, Spain, the Netherlands, Japan, and Canada. He added that FDI had increased by 69% between 2018 and 2025. “This means there is trust in the government of President Sheinbaum, this means there are positive expectations around Mexico,” said Ebrard, “because otherwise it would be unthinkable to have these figures and this consolidates a trend.” Mexico registered record FDI of US$34.27bn in the first half of 2025, although investment in the second quarter was far below that in the first. The new accumulated figure of around US$41bn suggests that FDI in the third quarter is down again still, totalling some US$7bn following more than US$21bn in the first quarter and US$12bn in the second.

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