By Adina Moloman Source: Baja Medical Device Baja Medical Device Cluster, the State Government of Baja California and Tijuana’s Economic Development non profit organization are making all the arrangements for the next edition of Baja California Medical Device Supplier Day, which will take place next month on June 13th, 2012, at Tijuana Border town with [...]
U.S.-Mexico Border Mayors reunion in Tijuana
By Adina Moloman Sources: www.afntijuana.info; www.tijuanapress.com The meeting of the U.S.-Mexico Border Mayors Association was held in Tijuana at the World Trade Center. The main themes analyzed during a news conference following by closed-door meetings were: migration (measures to attend the numbers of Mexicans deported from the U.S) ,the importance of economic development at border [...]
Cross-border Airport Terminal proposal in Otay Mesa San Diego
By Adina Moloman Source: U T San Diego News A group of private investors from both San Diego and Tijuana region are working together on an ambitious project consisting in a cross-border terminal in Otay Mesa San Diego that would serve Tijuana’s A.L. Rodríguez International Airport. This terminal located in Otay Mesa San Diego will [...]
Baja California – Solar Energy Potential
By Adina Moloman Source: Compound Semiconductor, Maquiladora Industry News Baja California potential for renewable energy generation is substantial. As we’ve seen in an article before there are a few interesting projects when it comes to wind energy. Also when it comes to solar, Mexico has no infrastructure in terms of solar energy technologies like solar [...]
The effects of the power outage at the US-Mexico border and the next Border Energy Forum
By Adina Moloman Source: San Diego Red news, CNN, Arizona Government A massive power outage left yesterday September 8th, more than three million people in five Baja California cities (Tijuana, Ensenada, Tecate, Mexicali, Rosarito) and also San Luis Río Colorado without electricity and around 2 millions in United States (southern Orange County , cities in [...]
Doing Business in Mexico
By Adina Moloman Source: Doing Business 2011: Making a Difference for Entrepreneurs (The World Bank report) The World Bank’s Doing Business 2011 report, rates 183 countries on the ease in which they allow firms to operate, based on criteria such as how easy it is to start a business or get credit. The Asian countries [...]
2011 Border Security Conference
By Adina Moloman Source: Securing America’s Borders (CPB.gov) Last week in El Paso, Texas, took place the eighth annual Texas Border Security Conference held at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). The guest of honor at this conference was Alan D. Bersin, the Customs and Border Protection Commissioner for the United States. Also [...]
Border Governors Conference 2011
By Adina Moloman The XXIX Border Governors Conference Mexico-United States will take place September 28th and 29th of 2011 in Ensenada, Baja California with the purpose of working for a better border region. The XXIX Border Governors Conference of the United States and Mexico (BGC) will be hosted by the Governor of Baja California, Jose [...]
U.S. – Mexico cross-border trucking agreement
By: Adina Moloman Sources: Reuters, BBC News After nearly 17 years, the U.S. and Mexico have agreed over a pilot program that will end the dispute over cross-border trucking that subjected the U.S. to billings in punitive tariffs. In March, President Obama and Mexican president, Felipe Calderón, signed an agreement that provides for Mexican trucking [...]
