The Borderlands Mexico is a week of developments in the world of US -Mexico border transportation and trade. This week: Experts say Latin America is ready to grow world trade. DSV begins to build a logistics center in Texas. And Coim USA at the center of Texamericas obtain land.
Business experts said resistance to Mexico’s economy, along with the growth of other Latin American countries, will continue to attract foreign investment in the second half of 2025 and afterwards.
“The most important and most important thing that investors are watching at the moment is a tremendous resistance from Latin American economies,” said Ernesto Rela, CEO and senior economist in Latin.
“In fact, we intend to increase Mexico’s forecast this year because the economy has been a bit more flexible than expected. Brazil has been very resistant to nominal and real rates.”
The Webinar, held on Thursday, was hosted by the Atlantic Council, a Washington -based thinking room, a DC focused on trade beyond the Atlantic.
In addition to Revilla, the delegation included William Maloney, a senior Latin American economist and the World Bank Group. Loz Maria de La Mora, Director of International Trade at the United Nations Trade and Development Conference. And Anna Paula Vesku, a senior economist and partner in Santandar, Brazil.
The panel was adjusted by Jason Marczak, Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the Center for Aderynne Arsht at the Latin American Central American Council.
Revilla said economists are the largest Latin American economies.
“No one predicts the recession yet, and [Mexico’s] “The economy is still expected to be 2.2 %,” said Revilla. So for the second half of the year, you still have to go up with traditional indicators of frequency activity. “
Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have an opportunity to grow their economy through global transfer to low -carbon energy, Du Mora said.
“Today there is a global transfer to the low -carbon economy, and this has put Latin America at the focus,” said Du Mora.
“Almost every country in South America, in addition to Mexico, is the home of some of the most important minerals in the world. For example, lithium, copper, manganese, nickel, graphite and a few are rare. These are essential components for electric vehicles, electric batteries, renewable energy, and our all -time digital technologies.
The rise in demand for important minerals has led to foreign direct investment in Latin America and Caribbean.
“We recently released a report called the Status of Dependence on the 2025. We have identified that in the quarter, 23 % of foreign direct investment that Latin America received in 2024 has been directed to invest in critical mineral projects,” he said.
Maloney said Latin America and Caribbean have historically been some of the “lowest areas of the world”, but are changing through education and technology.
“This goes back to our reaction to the Second Industrial Revolution, when we were unable to identify, adopt and implement the latest technologies in our main parts, and we could not enter the new sections,” Maloney said. “As a result, we do not have the rise that many of our contemporaries in the 1900s, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, France, all of which had a similar level of income, for example, Uruguay and Chile and Argentina.”
Maloni recently worked on a report titled “Recovery of the Lost Century: Creating Learning Economy in Latin America and Caribbean.” Other authors of the report include Javier Sarra and Maria Martha Ferreira.
Maloney said the training and implementation of emerging technologies helps Latin America and the Caribbean to accelerate economic growth.
“We have to attack this fundamental inability to learn how to learn how to learn about the new technology opportunities offered in the region,” he said.
DSV begins to build a procurement center in Texas
According to the news, the Logistics DSV giant has begun building a 900,000 -square -foot distribution center in Lodo, Texas.
“This property is done to strengthen the DSV position on the US -Mexico border and reinforces its commitment to logistics and border warehousing solutions,” the company said in a statement.
The center will be located 49 hectares in the port of Grand, a planned 1990 hectare industrial park along the 35 state. The site will include 853,000 square feet of warehousing, 40 -foot clearance, 85 doors of the pond, four ramp door, pallet shelf and floor storage.
These facilities indicate the relocation and expansion of existing DSV operations in Livero. The industry supports a variety of industries, including consumer products, technology and industrial equipment.
Construction is expected to be completed by mid -2026.
DSV based in Denmark was founded in 1976. The company offers aviation, ocean and road solutions along with logistical services in more than 80 countries.
COIM USA at the center of Texamericas gains land
COIM USA, a leading chemical manufacturer, announced a 20 -acre site at Texamerics Center in New Boston, Texas.
According to a news statement, the acquisition includes existing logistics infrastructure as well as a renewable polyle production line, consisting of materials made of fluid rapidly renewable, Nutshell liquid.
“This is an important turning point in the long -term COIM USA growth strategy,” said Michael Angello Cavallo, chief of Coim USA. “Boston’s new location expands our geographical access, expands our stable portfolio, and enhances Coim USA’s ability to serve customers with greater speed, efficiency and flexibility.”
The Texamericas Center is a mixed industrial park located in the northeast corner of Texas, about 20 miles west of Texarkana and 180 miles east of Dallas. The center is located near the Texas borders with Arkansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma.
The center has about 12,000 hectares of ready -made land and 3.5 million square feet of commercial and industrial space for commercial tenants.
“This investment is not only a victory for Coim USA, but another step for the Texamericas Center as the Green Industry Center,” said Eric Wells, Vice President and Chief Executive Officer at Texamericas Center. “Texarkana as a proud heritage production center, but we are greener than you think. Projects like this brings us closer to an environmental and industrial park.”
COIM USA, based in West Deppford, New Jersey, is a specialized chemical manufacturer. The company is part of the COIM group, manufacturer of Italian polyesters and polyols.
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