Mexico, Germany Advance Quality Infrastructure Dialogue

Mexico’s Ministry of Economy, through its Unit for Regulation, Competitiveness, and Competition (UNCC), held a high-level virtual meeting with Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWK), marking a significant step in advancing the Mexico-Germany Dialogue on Quality Infrastructure. This initiative is part of the bilateral Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2018 and sets the stage for the Annual Meeting scheduled for November 2025.

The dialogue was emphasized as a strategic tool to deepen technical cooperation, align regulatory frameworks, promote interoperability, and elevate quality as a core pillar of competitiveness. “At the Ministry of Economy, we are convinced that resuming this technical dialogue is a unique opportunity to realign priorities, establish a shared roadmap toward 2026, and deliver tangible results that will positively impact the regulatory environment, digitalization of quality infrastructure, and adoption of emerging technologies,” says Andrea Solano, Head, UNCC.

One of the main outcomes is the proposal to host the Annual Mexico-Germany Meeting in November 2025, during which the Bilateral Work Plan 2026 is expected to be signed. This roadmap will outline specific actions to strengthen quality infrastructure in key sectors such as electromobility, circular economy, e-commerce, and digitalization, aligning the dialogue with the priorities of the Plan México.

Christina Decker, Division Chief, BMWK, highlights the value of the Mexico-Germany Dialogue as a vital platform for technical cooperation and congratulates Mexico’s Ministry of Economy for its progress in regulation and quality. She commends the institutional commitment shown through the development and implementation of the Quality Infrastructure Law, which modernizes the country’s regulatory framework.

BMWK reaffirms Germany’s strong interest in deepening this strategic relationship, recognizing Mexico as its most important trading partner in Latin America and emphasizing the shared potential in developing regulations, as well as in automating and digitalizing production processes.

Both countries agreed to jointly build a modern, inclusive, and competitive regulatory framework to support sustainable development. The outcomes of the 2025 dialogue and the 2026 Bilateral Work Plan will contribute to the creation and updating of Official Mexican Standards (NOMs), reinforcing a harmonized and development-oriented regulatory environment for the Mexican economy.