Building Bridges or Walls? Managing the Challenges of Relocations to Mexico

The border between Mexico and the United States represents a transit point for some of the world’s greatest trade, a geographical demarcation that has from time to time historically been a political flashpoint, and certainly for the international mobility industry, a challenge for relocating individuals and businesses from one side of the border to the other.  While being such close neighbors, cultural, as well as political and social differences, can make crossing this border, whether for trade, politics or relocation, a challenge, ever more so in this current political climate. 

Audience: Corporate mobility professionals, relocation management company representatives

Level: Intermediate

Learning Objectives:

• Explore trends in foreign investment in Mexico, and their impact on mobility
• Discover the cultural challenges of living and working in Mexico
• Examine major policy considerations for relocating into the region, and the effect of the current political environment between the US and Mexico and the region on international mobility