By Adina Moloman Sources: Voice of San Diego, Miami Herald and New York Times In the past few months, most international media had been publishing headlines about Mexico; focusing on its promising economic start. Naming a few stories published in the word media: How Mexico got back in the game and Mexico: the new China, [...]
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New license in California for border crossings
By Adina Moloman Sources: NBC San Diego, Union Tribune San Diego California leaders from different Associations and Chambers made lobbied this December amongst state lawmakers to pass Bill AB-17. This bill is about creating an enhanced driver’s license to use at California’s ports of entry. Enhanced drivers licenses make it easier for U.S. citizens to [...]
The use of the Port of Ensenada for logistics activities
By Adina Moloman Sources: SEDECO, San Diego Reader, www.puertoensenada.com.mx The Port of Ensenada is an important commercial port on Mexico’s pacific coast, located near the border with the United States within 250 kilometers of three main border crossings and has important connections to a range of regional and international markets by sea, rail, and road. [...]
The new El Chaparral border crossing
By Adina Moloman Source: UT San Diego, El Mexicano This Sunday, October 14, Mexico closed the current Puerta México entry into Mexico from Interstate 5 in order to replace it with the El Chaparral port of entry located several hundred yards to the west. The construction activities at the Chaparral, port of entry have concluded. [...]
President Calderon statements at the end of his presidential term
By Adina Moloman Sources: The Wall Street Journal, El Pais Mexico’s President Felipe Calderón, who will leave office in December, recently had an interview with the editors of The Wall Street Journal. The President addressed issues from the economy, immigration, Mexico’s labor force and border security with the USA. The relationship between US and Mexico [...]
Proposed VAT rate to increase in 2013
By Adina Moloman Sources: El Mexicano, Deloitte, PWC VAT in Mexico is a tax payable on all types of operations at a general rate of 16% in most of the country except the border zones where the VAT rate is 11%. Food products and medicines are taxed at the zero rates. The condition for the [...]
Baja California Wine Industry
By Adina Moloman Source: El Economista Baja California is not only about the Maquiladora Industry, is also about the wine industry, who has been gaining recognition in the past years. The idea is to promote Baja California not only as the biggest producer of Mexican wine but also to make Baja California the capital of [...]
Mexico reforms designed to facilitate foreign investment
By Adina Moloman Sources: OECD, www.presidencia.gob.mx Despite staging a strong recovery, Mexico economy still faces more challenges, before talking of stability. Considering that this is a presidential election year, governmental institutions were more concerned since last year of making Mexico’s economic environment conducive for large-scale foreign and domestic investment by working on agendas where top [...]
Biotechnological Medicine in Mexico
By Adina Moloman Source: www.presidencia.gob.mx/latest news Last month President Calderon announced the new Health Input Regulation Reform. This will be a good opportunity in Mexico for the pharmaceutical industry that will be able to develop new medicines and increase their market. Mexico’s General Health Law was reformed on June 11, 2009, where the law was [...]
Expo Manufacturing Tecate 2011
By Adina Moloman Source: SEDECO Expo Manufacturing Tecate 2011 took place last Thursday, October 27th, at the Convention Hall Peregrinos in Tecate, B.C, Mexico. This was the first edition and the event, which aimed to provide business opportunities in the region, attract new investments that can encourage the development of the industrial sector in Tecate. [...]
Industry News
- Mexico's Tech Startups Look To Overcome Barriers To Growth - NPR June 18, 2013
- Mexico growing on manufacturers - Arizona Daily Star June 14, 2013
- UPDATE 1-Mexico April industrial output dips to four-month low - Reuters June 11, 2013
- Mercedes considering new manufacturing plant in Mexico - Indian Autos Blog (blog) June 10, 2013
- Ferrari Head of North America: Mexico Is The Next China - Forbes June 7, 2013
- Mexico, China Seek to Jump-Start Trade - Wall Street Journal June 5, 2013
