Can Mexico turbocharge pandemic nearshoring by US firms?

As China’s outsourced manufacturing star fades, Mexico’s shines brighter [File: Alejandro Cegarra/Bloomberg]

Mexico City, Mexico – The CEO of the United States Business Association of E-Commerce (USBAEC), Tayde Aburto, has a message for the Mexican government: Encourage more US firms to move businesses they have offshored to China and Southeast Asia closer to home.

“Some of our members have been successfully nearshoring to Mexico for several years,” Aburto told Al Jazeera. “About 5 percent of our members had taken up nearshoring prior to the pandemic.”