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Mexico structural transformation

By Adina Moloman Sources: CNBC, Reuters Mexican structural transformation and a stronger peso are the main reason to invest into Mexican stocks and bonds. There is a positive trend of US investments into the Mexican stock markets because of the growing transparency and improved governance across the Mexican economy. In recent years, the Mexican government [...]

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CSU academic exchange programs with Mexico

By Adina Moloman Sources: http://sd34.senate.ca.gov, UT San Diego The educational exchange programs between the U.S. and Mexico became a priority for the CSU (California State University) at the beginning of this year. In 2007 a travel ban was enacted by fiat of the former Chancellor of the California State University, mostly due to concern over [...]

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Mexico initiatives to develop aerospace technology

By Adina Moloman Source: www.maquilafind.com Mexico is already having a highly competitive and fast growing aerospace industry, mostly because it receives a large amount of foreign direct investment in aerospace industry but so far Mexico has not developed its own technology. At the beginning at this year, 2012, Mexico joined the Wassenaar Arrangement on export [...]

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Additive manufacturing process

By Adina Moloman Sources: Forbes, The Economist According to The Economist, additive manufacturing is becoming the third industrial revolution, where this new manufacturing process will help manufacturers to shorten supply chains, eliminate shipping costs and reduce lead times. This also are the advantages that Mexico Manufacturers are using for attracting foreign direct investment, especially from [...]

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Presidential elections preliminary results and perspective

By Adina Moloman Sources: New York times, Center for American Progress Sunday’s presidential elections in Mexico shows preliminary results, issued by Mexico’s electoral authorities, where Pena Nieto is on track to win over 37 percent of the vote, almost double the PRI’s score in the last election in 2006, Andrés Manuel López Obrador with 32 [...]

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San Diego the host of the 13th Round of TPP Negotiations

By Adina Moloman Sources: The Institute for Policy Innovation, Office of the United States Trade Representative The 13th round of Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations will be held in San Diego July 2-10, 2012. The Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement basically represents a new Asia Pacific free trade Agreement between countries members where tariff and non-tariff barriers are eliminated. [...]

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Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Technologies Symposiums

By Adina Moloman Source: www.sae.org Considering the negative environmental effects of emissions, it is a good time now at the beginning of 2012 to seriously consider an alternative to standard automobiles. Hybrid and electric vehicles can represent this alternative and the future of personal transportation. A hybrid vehicle is using the internal combustion engine of [...]

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New export permits in Mexico on conventional weapons and dual-use goods

By Adina Moloman Sources: SE, Secretaria de Gobernacion On June 16th 2011, in Mexico was  published a decree  that regulates export control regime for conventional weapons, dual-use goods, software and technologies that pose a risk of interception, which  it actually came into effect on October 21, 2011. All this mentioned above are subject to an [...]

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An example of local development competitiveness

By Adina Moloman Source: Mexican maquiladoras: New capabilities of coordination and the emergence of a new generation of companies by Jorge Carrillo and Arturo Lara SEDECO In   the last 40 years trough the Mexico Maquiladora Program, we could notice an important number of foreign direct investment in the region of Baja California, a huge number [...]

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The Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011: Mexico

By Adina Moloman Source: The Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011 The World Economic Forum’s Centre for Global Competitiveness and Performance through its Global Competitiveness Report and report series is revealing the business operating environment and competitiveness of over 130 economies worldwide. The rankings are calculated from both publicly available data and the Executive Opinion Survey, a [...]

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