Economics
Mexico’s Uneven U.S.-Powered Recovery Leaves Many Regions Behind
Scores of companies in Baja California and other northern states have managed to stay open throughout the pandemic, while those relying on domestic demand are struggling.
An SMK factory in Tijuana.
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Diana Rivapalacio didn’t expect to be back on the factory floor two weeks after the pandemic hit.
When the Tijuana facility of Tokyo-based SMK Corp. shut down in April 2020, quality-control manager Rivapalacio and the business’s 800 machine operators, inspectors, and administrators headed home to uncertainty. But many were back at work that same month.