Mexico promotes private investment with the Mexico Plan by reducing timelines, regulatory risks, and administrative burdens

On May 4, 2026, President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo announced the update of the Mexico Plan under the title “Immediate Actions for Investment,” a comprehensive strategy aimed at accelerating the launch of productive projects through administrative simplification, concrete regulatory incentives, and the mobilization of resources estimated at 5.6 trillion pesos directed toward strategic sectors of the national economy.

This update responds to a global economic environment marked by the relocation of supply chains (nearshoring), the review of trade agreements such as the USMCA (T-MEC), and direct requests from the business sector to reduce bureaucratic barriers and encourage investment.

Main measures announced

• Road infrastructure. In the infrastructure segment, an investment of more than 523 billion pesos is planned across 44 projects covering over 5,100 kilometers of roads. The scheme combines public resources of 230 billion pesos with private participation of 295 billion pesos, and is expected to generate around 1.4 million direct and indirect jobs.
• Decree for expedited investment approvals. This decree establishes a fast-track mechanism to approve projects located in Economic Development Poles for Wellbeing (PODECOBI), with investments equal to or greater than 2 billion pesos, or belonging to strategic sectors (automotive, semiconductors, pharmaceutical, aerospace, among others), setting a maximum approval timeframe of 30 business days. For other private investments, the timeframe extends to 90 business days. It also introduces a provision whereby, if the authority does not issue a response within the specified period, the application will be deemed approved under the concept of affirmative silence.
• Presidential Office for Investment Promotion. To coordinate and oversee this process, this office will be created alongside an Investment Committee composed of heads of various ministries. Its role will be to evaluate projects, issue the corresponding authorization certificates, and provide direct support to investors in their procedures before state and municipal authorities.
• Energy. In the energy sector, the government has taken concrete steps to open space for private investment in clean generation: permits have already been granted for 5,000 MW from renewable sources, and in the coming days the winners of a tender for 11,000 MW covering 81 projects will be announced. Through these actions, the government aims to increase the share of renewable energy from 24% to 38%, while also reducing permitting times by up to 60%.

Overall, these measures seek to simultaneously address the conditions that the private sector has identified as essential for triggering large-scale investment, predictable timelines, one-stop shops, affirmative silence, and institutional support, while the government channels public resources into logistics corridors and development hubs that could reshape the country’s economic geography. However, the main challenge lies in execution: the credibility of the 30- and 90-business-day timelines, the effective operation of the one-stop shop, and the capacity for inter-institutional coordination will determine whether this regulatory push translates into productive projects, job creation, and more balanced regional development.