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14. Disputes: Mexico

Disputes in Mexico: how commercial arbitration works under the Commercial Code, how arbitral awards and foreign judgments are enforced, how domestic commercial suits, limitation periods and the amparo challenge work, how the elected judiciary is being phased in, and what ICSID and the USMCA offer foreign investors, each tied to the official text. For Argentine investors, both countries are New York Convention and ICSID members; see The Argentine Thread guide for the Argentine side.

Investor view. A Model Law arbitration statute, enforcement of foreign awards with no appeal and ICSID membership give investors a reliable contractual path in Mexico, which matters more while the courts go through the judicial election transition.

Disputes in Mexico: courts, commercial arbitration, enforcing awards and judgments, amparo and investment treaty claimsMexico's Commercial Code carries the UNCITRAL Model Law: written arbitration clauses bind the courts, awards made in Mexico can be annulled only on narrow grounds within three months, and awards from