Taiwan could be Mexico’s second-largest trading partner.

Taiwan could become Mexico's second-largest trading partner if the country remains part of the USMCA, given the growth in Taiwanese investment and the demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure components.

Violeta Shao-Hui Hu, director of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Mexico, explained that the agreement’s continuation is an important factor for companies in the Asian country that use Mexico as a production and export hub for the United States. “If the USMCA remains as it was before, we will surely not only be the third-largest trading partner, but we could be the second or even the first,” the director emphasized.

Since 2025, Taiwan has been Mexico’s third-largest trading partner, ahead of the United Kingdom, South Korea, Germany, and Japan. During the first half of this year, trade related to imports from Taiwan reached US$43.9 million.

The growth in trade is linked, among other factors, to the increase in global demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure. Hsu explained that Taiwan’s imports have doubled year over year, driven by demand for servers, integrated circuits, and computing equipment destined for AI data centers being built in the United States.

Director Hsu noted that the Association of Taiwanese Companies in Mexico has sought to move toward a mechanism that provides greater certainty for economic relations between the two markets. For this reason, the continuity of the USMCA represents one of the key factors for Taiwanese companies already established in or interested in investing in Mexico, given the opportunity to view Mexico as a platform for serving the U.S. market.