Mexican shoe businesses can export to US tariff-free under USMCA and capture market share, but old policies and corrupt practices are holding them back.
By Chantal Flores
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Monterrey, Mexico – Juan Alvarado has owned a small shoe manufacturing business in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico’s shoe manufacturing capital, for more than 15 years. But the current trade and political tensions in US-Mexico relations, coupled with tariff-related disruptions, are forcing him to consider diversifying into other sectors or simply shutting down his business.
