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 MEXICO | Trade Commission of Mexico - ProMéxico Trade Commissioner
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Mr. Miguel A. Leaman,
Trade Commissioner
Ms. Minerva Valdés,
Deputy Trade Commissioner
Mr. Jorge Reyes-Escatel,
Deputy Trade Commissioner
Ms. Mónica Coksakalli,
Deputy Trade Commissioner | | Address | 225 N. Michigan Ave, Suite 1800
Chicago, IL 60601
| | Telephone | (312) 856 0316
| | Fax | (312) 856 1834
| | E-mail | miguel.leaman@promexico.gob.mx | | Website | www.promexico.gob.mx | Key Contact for Website
| Mr. Miguel Leaman | | U.S. Locations of Additional Offices | Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York;
Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver | | Service Offered to U.S. Partners | - Advice companies interested in doing business in Mexico,
regarding investment and trade opportunities;
- identify potential suppliers and provide company profiles;
- prepare business agendas; organize sourcing trips to
meet with potential suppliers;
- host match-making events; organize Mexican
participation at trade shows. | | Sectors Covered | food and beverages;
automotive;
metal manufacturing;
plastics;
electronics;
aerospace;
renewable energy;
Information & Communication Technologies;
medical;
business tourism. | States Covered
| North Dakota, South Dakota; Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa,
Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio. | | Newsletter Offered | ProMéxico has a printed monthly magazine in English
about business in Mexico: Negocios.
It could be available upon request. | Regular Meetings
| CITCA;
Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce Nafta Committee;
US-Mexico Chamber of Commerce;
Association of Mexican Professionals.
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Miguel Angel Leaman is the Trade Commissioner of Mexico in Chicago. He participates in the promotion of services in support of Mexico’s foreign trade in the Mid West of the United States. The main responsibilities of the Trade Commission of Mexico/Bancomext are the marketing of Mexican products and services in the ten states, from the Dakotas and Nebraska in the West, to Ohio in the East, as well as to facilitate investment opportunities for business entities between the two countries. The Trade Commission of Mexico/Bancomext in Chicago also provides information on trade opportunities; NAFTA matters, such as trade preferences; market trends; Mexico’s economic developments, industrial sectors, subcontracting opportunities, laws and regulations, among other subjects, to assist companies to do business in the United States and in Mexico. Before joining the Trade Commission of Mexico (Bancomext), Miguel was the Minister of Trade Affairs at the Embassy of Mexico in Washington, D.C. and held previous posts as Economic Counselor and Assistant Commercial Counselor at the Embassy. Miguel has worked for the Government of Mexico since 1974 in both the Treasury and Commerce Departments. He has served in such posts as Deputy Director for Bilateral Trade Negotiations, Head of the Office of Safeguards, and Coordinator for the Unit of International Economic information. Miguel holds a degree in economics from the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM). He lives in Deerfield with his wife and their two children. | | |