We interview Alejandro Doria, Head of Bulkmatic México and President of AmCham’s Northeast chapter. Celebrating 30 years in Mexico, Bulkmatic connects North American rail networks with Mexican factories, transporting essential raw materials for manufacturing. Alejandro discusses the company’s plans to invest up to US$500 million in logistics infrastructure, the outlook for North American trade, the USMCA review, regulatory challenges and highway security.

We also chat with Omar El Gohary, the entrepreneur behind G2K, acquired by ServiceNow, on the challenges and opportunities of implementing AI in Mexican businesses.

First, Eduardo and Damian discuss some of the week’s min business and economic news:

Mexico’s pre-Muertos conference circuit: Takeaways from Milken, Mexico Tech Week, FinTech México, Nazca, Hi VC and other gatherings on the state of play in Mexico AI, infrastructure, venture capital, StartUps, FinTechs, SME financing and the challenge of turning well-intentioned plans into investment and then cashing out.

More 3Q results: Why OXXO and Bara are outperforming Walmart and Chedraui, BBVA Mexico’s strong lending growth and signs of recovery in Mexico construction from Cemex.

Trucking protests: Highway blockades, cargo security and the controversy over  taking back tax breaks for larger transport companies.