Baker McKenzie’s Carlo Pérez-Arizti Addresses Impact of Tariffs on Private Equity Investment in The Wall Street Journal

Transactional Partner, Carlo Pérez-Arizti spoke to The Wall Street Journal about how the imposition of tariffs on Mexican products may impact companies that have focused on nearshoring in recent years, particularly, those backed by private equity firms.

Many companies sought to benefit from the existence of the US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement and relocated their operations to be closer to the US, a result of global geopolitical trade tensions and the Covid-19 pandemic.

Carlo emphasized that the uncertainty brought by tariff changes under the current US administration is causing some private equity firms to regroup and adopt a wait-and-see approach, as they view tariffs as temporary and may opt to weather the storm and hold on to their assets. 

Subscribers can read the full article on The Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/articles/tariff-threats-may-slow-private-equitys-nearshoring-bets-in-mexico-57f70f8f 

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