Unilever to invest $1.5 billion in Mexico as the nation woos foreign firms amid Trump’s trade war

British consumer goods giant Unilever said Friday that it would invest $1.5 billion in Mexico, which is wooing foreign companies in the face of US President Donald Trump's trade war.

"This investment will create 1,200 new direct and indirect jobs in Mexico," Unilever's chief supply chain and operations officer Willem Uijen said at President Claudia Sheinbaum's daily news conference.

The announcement follows other major investment pledges by company executives invited to appear...