Mexico Foreign Investment Screening Bill Puts Security Chiefs at the Table as Textile Makers Accuse China

MEXICO · ECONOMY

Key Facts

—The bill: President Claudia Sheinbaum sent the Senate a reform of the Foreign Investment Law on Sunday, putting the defense, navy and security ministers on the investment commission with voting rights.

—The trigger: Foreign stakes above 49 percent in strategic sectors — from energy and mining to data storage and semiconductors — would need explicit commission approval on national-security grounds.

—The accusation: Textile chamber Canaintex says Chinese goods now enter Mexico triangulated through the United States and Vietnam, after port crackdowns closed the old routes.