Sheinbaum Meets Slim, Business Leaders to Push Plan México

President Claudia Sheinbaum met with Carlos Slim and leading business executives at Palacio Nacional to push execution of Plan México and strengthen public–private coordination. The meeting comes as the private sector backs a 2026 investment pipeline that includes 38 infrastructure proposals, aimed at accelerating projects, reducing bottlenecks, and sustaining investment momentum amid trade and growth uncertainty.

President Claudia Sheinbaum met in Mexico City with Carlos Slim and top business leaders as her administration steps up coordination with the private sector to accelerate projects tied to Plan México, a flagship strategy aimed at boosting investment, strengthening domestic production, and sustaining growth amid a more uncertain external environment.

The meeting took place at Palacio Nacional with members of the National Investment Council (CNI), a public-private forum created in early December 2025 to promote investment, create jobs, and reduce bureaucratic friction for project execution.

According to reporting, attendees included Slim and business leader Francisco Cervantes, former President, CCE, and Altagracia Gómez, who has held a central coordinating role in the government’s business engagement around relocalization and regional economic development. Cabinet officials in attendance included Minister of Interior Rosa Icela Rodríguez, Minister of Energy Luz Elena González, Minister of Labor Marath Bolaños, and Minister of Finance and Public Credit Edgar Amador, among others involved in digital transformation and government communications.

While Sheinbaum did not disclose specific outcomes or project-by-project updates, the focus was centered on Plan México entering a phase where execution capacity, permits, infrastructure, energy readiness, and coordination matters as much as headline targets.

Plan México is framed as a joint strategy between the federal government and the private sector to keep investment flowing, expand Mexican manufacturing, substitute imports, generate jobs, and reduce bureaucratic hurdles that slow down deployment.

One of its stated goals is to lift investment above 25% of GDP starting in 2026 and above 28% by 2030, alongside targeted job creation in specialized manufacturing and strategic sectors.

The administration has linked Plan México to a portfolio of national and foreign investments valued at US$277 billion that was announced more than a year earlier, underscoring why follow-through meetings are now critical to keep the pipeline credible, reports El Financiero.

The “38 proposals” Context: Private Infrastructure Pipeline for 2026

The Palacio Nacional meeting also lands in the shadow of a key private-sector signal delivered in late 2025 as Mexico’s top business groupings have been assembling investable infrastructure packages aligned with Plan México.

At a year-end meeting in December 2025, the Mexican Business Council (CMN) presented 38 new private-sector infrastructure proposals designed to complement already-planned 2026 investments and to support the broader objective of lifting investment to 25% of GDP by 2026. 

The package “could exceed” US$40 billion for 2026, with projects aligned to Plan México and intended to accelerate economic growth, though the government and business leaders indicated that project-level details and amounts would be disclosed later.

The renewed push also comes as part of the market debate whether Mexico can hit aggressive growth and investment targets in the near term. Recent reports argue that business confidence has been soft and that some investors have pointed to relatively low GDP growth expectations, while there is also uncertainty tied to the USMCA review and shifting US political signals.