Ready to Assemble: A New Economic Diplomacy for Mexico

Mexico recently announced far-reaching changes to its foreign policy that involve conferring responsibility for trade and tourism promotion to its representations abroad. Although these are tasks foreign representations have always performed, the country’s economic diplomacy will now be more centered in these entities. This article offers a series of recommendations—from the viewpoint of a foreign representation and beyond organizational models—of strategies and activities essential to the development of a new economic diplomacy designed to achieve specific goals and that is aligned with national interests.