Relationship dossier
People's Republic of China
Mexico
Relationship assessment
A strategic partnership and economic cooperation coexist with trade imbalances and import-related friction.
People's Republic of China toward Mexico
+30China established a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with Mexico in 2013 and supplied COVID-19 vaccines procured by the Mexican government. These steps reflect substantive cooperation alongside extensive economic ties.
Mexico toward People's Republic of China
+10Mexico has maintained a strategic partnership and procured Chinese COVID-19 vaccines. In 2024, it raised tariffs on selected imports from countries without free-trade agreements, including China, amid concerns about import competition.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship combines a formal strategic partnership and practical cooperation, including health procurement, with substantial economic ties and recurring trade concerns. The partnership is cooperative but not free of commercial friction.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
China and Mexico have a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, established in 2013, and cooperate on trade and health, including Mexico’s procurement of Chinese COVID-19 vaccines. Economic ties coexist with Mexican concerns about trade imbalances and competition from imports. Mexico imposed higher tariffs on selected imports from countries without free-trade agreements, including China, in 2024.
Areas of tension
- Mexican concerns about trade imbalances and competition from imports from China.
- Mexico’s 2024 tariff increases on selected imports from countries without free-trade agreements, including China.
Key developments
China and Mexico established a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
Mexico procured COVID-19 vaccines supplied by China.
Mexico raised tariffs on selected imports from countries without free-trade agreements, including China.
Major uncertainties
- The scale and implementation of bilateral investment and cooperation arrangements are unclear.
- The future scope of Mexico’s trade measures affecting Chinese imports is uncertain.