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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Mexico - 12 March 2018
From LatinNews Daily
Development: On 11 March, the Mexican army, federal, and state police in the western state of Jalisco moved in on the headquarters of a local municipal police force, disarming 734 municipal police officers.... Read More
*A report by Mexico’s national statistics and geography institute (Inegi) found that although unemployment rates are falling, labour productivity has not improved.... Read More
From Latin American Economy & Business
The seventh round of Canada-Mexico-US talks on the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) came to an end on 5 March amid conflicting signals.... Read More
Many thought the ambitious 12-country Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal was dead, after President Donald Trump, citing his ‘America First’ policies, pulled the United States out of the group in January 2017.... Read More
Although the Mexican economy has shown itself to be resilient, final data for the fourth quarter of 2017 was disappointing and most analysts think high levels of uncertainty will continue to weigh down on growth in this electoral year.... Read More
A lot of comment in recent years has focused on the emergence of China as a major trade and investment player in Latin America, perhaps rivalling the traditional role played by the United States and Europe.... Read More
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Anti-corruption lobby group Transparency International (TI) published its annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) on 21 February.... Read More
The Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry held its Global Business Forum on Latin America in late February – a two-day annual conference first staged in 2016 that is designed to deepen commercial and investment ties between Dubai and Latin America.... Read More
Boeing finding a way to do Embraer deal: According to reports in the Brazilian press, giant US aerospace company Boeing may be making progress in its attempts to take over Brazil’s Embraer.... Read More
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