Download or read book Mexican Industrial Development Plans: Implications for United States Policy written by DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON DC OFFICE OF EXTERNAL RESEARCH. and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study is divided into four chapters. The first chapter discusses the industrial development plans of Mexico, how they were made, how planning might be accomplished in future administrations, and how effective the plans have been to date. Special emphasis is placed on an understanding of history and culture as it affects planning. The second chapter focuses on six key industrial sectors: petroleum, steel, automotive, electronic equipment, agribusiness and transportation. Each sector is analyzed to determine probable levels of production and output, likely commerce with the United States, and constraints on achieving sectoral objectives. Chapter Three considers those constraints which cross all sectors and bear on the entire economy. Particular attention is given to inflation and related constraints common to oil-wealthy developing countries. Financial, budgetary, sectoral, infrastructural, labor and transportation constraints are considered. In Chapter Four the implications of the first three chapters as they relate to trade with the United States are discussed. Dangers which may face both countries, the need for a framework for the relationship between both countries, and major commercial opportunities are considered.