Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Ontario-Tijuana Business Connections

If you've been following along in this blog, you've seen the post that notes that Santiago Contreras was apparently involved with a food truck business in Mexico.

Meanwhile, I've placed a post in my mrontemp blog that discusses Tijuana kidnappings of people on the U.S. side of the border.

Let's look at something more pleasant (although possibly undesirable, depending upon your point of view) - Ontario-area businesses investing in Mexican operations. This was discussed in an August 2004 article in Hispanic Business. A few of the points:

  • There are different labor laws in Mexico, which means that you can't just out-and-out fire somebody.

  • It's possible to incorporate a business in Mexico, but the process can take between two weeks and two months.

  • As of 2004, the minimum wage in Tijuana was $4 a day (something that I've touched on before), although factory wages are higher - a whopping $10/$11 a day.
[20 FEB 2008: FIRST PARAGRAPH TEXT CORRECTED, LINK ADDED.]

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