New foreign investment in Mexico stalls as companies fret over USMCA uncertainty ↧ ↧ New foreign investment in Mexico stalls as companies fret over USMC... When Randy Carr opened a factory in central Mexico in 2005, he was drawn by the country’s low wages and free-trade agreement with the United States. Over the next 20 years, the plant, which ​produces embroidered patches and custom emblems, grew into an 800-worker operation.