today plate 250 · new routes · 2025 data

Mexico again hosts more US investment than China

  • $168.8bn US firms' direct investment in Mexico in 2025, up 52% since 2020.
  • +3% growth in China since 2020, to $120.5bn: five flat years.
  • 2021 the year Mexico retook the lead it lost in 2017; the gap is now $48bn.
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