By Adina Moloman Sources: United States- Mexico Chamber of Commerce, www.ventanillaunica.gob.mx Improvements on Mexico Customs Regulations are expected when using the Single Window web application, which enables international cross-border traders to submit regulatory documents at a single location and/or single entity from the Mexican federal government. The implementation of the single window system in Mexico [...]
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Mexican climate change Low
By Adina Moloman Sources: RTCC, Climate Change Insights This week, Mexico’s House of Representatives, debated and also voted to approve a new General Law on Climate Change . To be official this new climate low should be approved by the Senate and signed by President Felipe Calderón. If everything goes as planned, Mexico may have [...]
Latest news on Mexico’s Presidential Campaign
By Adina Moloman Sources: The Economist, The Washington Post, New York Times With a little more than two month before the next Mexico’s presidential election, there are three main candidates disputing the presidency, but voters are frustrating by corruption, impunity, poverty, monopolistic companies, etc. Opinion polls vary widely (depending on the data source), and generally [...]
Mexico as a growth oriented economy
By Adina Moloman Source: Notimex, Financial Post During a symposium held in London a few days ago, Jim O’Neill, the Goldman Sachs chief economist, mentioned that Mexico will become the world’s seventh largest economy by 2020 and contribute 7.8% of the global GDP, more than Russia and India. Jim O’Neill, is the creator of the [...]
Auto Trade tension between Brazil and Mexico
By Adina Moloman Sources: Reuters, Wards Auto, Financial Times This month there was an attempt by Brazil to break the accord at the World Trade Organization on a long-standing bilateral auto accord with Mexico. Their motive is a automotive trade deficit of $1.7 billion in 2011 with Mexico, more than double comparing to the previous [...]
Baja California Sur Agreement on developing transboundary reservoirs between Mexico and US
By Adina Moloman Sources: www.presidencia.gob.mx, Business News Americas The governments of Mexico and the US have signed an agreement on cross border hydrocarbons, last month in Los Cabos, the same place which will take place the next G20 summit. Under this agreement signed by the by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Mexican Foreign Minister [...]
Female Candidate in Mexico’s Presidential Race
By Adina Moloman Sources: The Washington Post, The Economist, Fox News Countries in Latin America like Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica are more open to integrate women in the political arena, where have recently elected women to govern their countries. Following the example, the dilema is: Mexico prepared for a woman president? The excitement part [...]
Honeywell technology initiatives in Baja California
By Adina Moloman Sources: SEDECO, Honeywell Now Honeywell’s 2011 portfolio consists in new products and growth particularly at UOP, Process and Building Solutions, and Commercial Aerospace. The corporate attention throughout 2011 was investment in technologies such as Turbo Technologies, Advanced Materials, and ACS products. Honeywell has an important presence in Mexico with 20 centers with [...]
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 [...]
The role of foreign direct investment on international technology transfer
By Adina Moloman Transnational companies can be an important source of introduction of new technologies to local firms. How can this be accomplished? First of all multinational companies for many different reasons (costs, logistics, capabilities, etc) considers to transfer their production base to different countries, preferably developing economies, by establishing subsidiaries companies. For example in [...]
Industry News
- New Offerings from MKM Customs Optimize Diesel Performance on American Trucks ... - San Francisco Chronicle (press release) May 19, 2012
- City councilor upset new garbage trucks might be made outside USA - KOB.com May 19, 2012
- Mexican Banks Expect Credit Growth Despite Difficult Global Scenario - Fox Business May 18, 2012
- Travel and tourism contributes nearly USD2 trillion to America GDP - eTurboNews May 18, 2012
- Weak coal shipments weigh on US railroads - Reuters May 18, 2012
- Retail sales slow, Mexico booms, Greece suffers - MarketWatch May 18, 2012
