While outsourcing of production from the U.S. to Mexico has been hailed in Mexico as a valuable engine of growth … outsourcing industries in Mexico experience fluctuations in value added that are roughly twice as volatile as the corresponding …"While outsourcing of production from the U.S. to Mexico has been hailed in Mexico as a valuable engine of growth …

This paper examines the process of trade liberalisation in Mexico, particularly since the mid-1980s and the signing of …