US to Help Mexico Improve Sci-Tech Industry HispanicBusiness.com
go to original June 4, 2013

Mexico is set to kick-start its sci-tech industry, with help from the U.S.

According to a release, a joint initiative - the Bilateral Forum on Higher Education, Innovation, and Research - will offer greater educational and economic opportunities to both countries, writes economist and World Review author Dr Jorge Balan.

'Both US President Barack Obama and Mexico President Enrique Pena Nieto want to move away from the contentious topic of drugs, security and immigration, and pay greater attention to issues central to their concerns,' he says.

Since he was elected in 2012, President Nieto has aimed to drive technology and industrial learning to reposition the Mexican economy within global markets.

'This move requires a skilled workforce and a stronger research capacity linked to industry,' says Dr Balan. 'Mexico needs more and better engineers, computer scientists, and administrators. It needs to invest more in basic research.'

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