Labor liaison of the T-MEC, new Undersecretary of Foreign Trade

Last Friday, the Secretary of Economy, Raquel Buenrostro, presented Alejandro Encinas Nájera as Undersecretary of Foreign Trade and Luis Abel Romero López as Undersecretary of Industry and Commerce.

“With this team, the dialogue within the Government of Mexico is strengthened, fundamental and indispensable for the coordinated elaboration of the responses to the T-MEC consultations, which favors a dialogue and a negotiation with legal arguments,” said the Ministry of Economy in a press release.

“It is also intended to achieve better government coordination for the timely implementation of strategies to reduce inflation,” he added.

The statement indicated that the work and commitment of the Ministry of Economy is to facilitate and guarantee the investment of national and foreign companies, especially at a time when the relocation of supply chains and the strengthening of regional markets have modified the economy. world. The objective is to promote economic activity at the service of the people of Mexico.

“Growth yes, but with a greater distribution of income, more formal jobs and decent wages for the well-being of Mexicans, these are the guiding objectives of our institution,” said the agency.

Alejandro Encinas Nájera has a degree in Political Science and Public Administration from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, with a master’s degree in Political Science from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and a doctorate in Social Sciences and Humanities from the Autonomous Metropolitan University.

From 2014 to 2018 he was General Director of Strategic Research at the Belisario Domínguez Institute of the Senate of the Republic.

Since the beginning of the current administration, as head of the Labor Policy and Institutional Relations Unit of the Ministry of Labor, he has served as a point of contact for the administration of the labor chapters of trade agreements.

He was in charge of negotiating disputes within the framework of the T-MEC Rapid Response Labor Mechanism, all resolved through negotiation and agreement, without the need for arbitration panels or trade sanctions.

For his part, Luis Abel Romero López has a degree in Economics from the Universidad Iberoamericana.

In his last position, he served as General Administrator of Collection in the Tax Administration Service (SAT), being responsible for designing and implementing strategies aimed at promoting the collection and recovery of tax credits.

roberto.morales@eleconomista.mx