{"id":387,"date":"2013-07-01T15:57:38","date_gmt":"2013-07-01T20:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/brokers\/?p=387"},"modified":"2014-10-02T21:20:18","modified_gmt":"2014-10-03T02:20:18","slug":"wsj-mexicos-competitive-edge-over-china-is-set-to-keep-growing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/brokers\/2013\/07\/wsj-mexicos-competitive-edge-over-china-is-set-to-keep-growing\/","title":{"rendered":"<!--:en-->WSJ: &#8220;Mexico\u2019s Competitive Edge over China is Set to Keep Growing&#8221;<!--:-->"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--:en--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-388\" alt=\"Mexico investment\" src=\"http:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/brokers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Manufacturing-in-Mexico.jpg\" width=\"262\" height=\"174\" \/>On Friday, the Wall Street Journal shared the news that &#8220;Mexico already last year became a less expensive place than China to make some products&#8221; and that\u00a0the &#8220;competitive edge over China &#8230; is set to keep growing.&#8221; \u00a0Here&#8217;s the beginning of the article:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Mexico\u2019s competitive edge over China in some types of manufacturing is set to keep growing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the assessment of the\u00a0<strong>Boston Consulting Group<\/strong>, which in a new report estimates Mexican factory wages will be nearly 30% lower than China\u2019s by 2015, when adjusted for productivity differences. Mexican workers typically produce more per hour than their Chinese counterparts. By that same measure, Mexico already last year became a less expensive place than China to make some products, according to BCG\u2019s estimates.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So, what does this mean?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Well, among other things, a growing economy and investment opportunities. \u00a0My advice; invest in Mexico, open a business in Mexico, buy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">property in Mexico<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read the entire WSJ article <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/economics\/2013\/06\/28\/mexico-manufacturing-looks-to-gain-competitive-edge-on-china\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>-by Thomas Lloyd<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/mexico-real-estate-guide\/Mexico-real-estate-investment\/?web=Blog\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Mexico Real Estate Investment Kit\" src=\"http:\/\/i255.photobucket.com\/albums\/hh138\/beatlo\/Banners\/kit-c2a-investment.jpg\" width=\"464\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><!--:--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, the Wall Street Journal shared the news that &#8220;Mexico already last year became a less expensive place than China to make some products&#8221; and that\u00a0the &#8220;competitive edge over China &#8230; is set to keep growing.&#8221; \u00a0Here&#8217;s the beginning of the article: &nbsp; Mexico\u2019s competitive edge over China in some types of manufacturing is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,38],"tags":[87,35,92,40,39,78,91,93],"class_list":["post-387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international","category-mexico-economy","tag-china","tag-economy","tag-growth","tag-investment","tag-manufacturing","tag-news","tag-opportunity","tag-wsj"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - 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