LatinNews Regional Monitor: Mexico - 07 June 2018

Development: On 6 June Mexico’s agricultural committee (CNA), an agricultural sector lobby, said that the country should avoid rising prices at home by looking for alternative trade partners from the US.... Read More

*US President Donald Trump’s top economic advisor, Larry Kudlow, has called the tension over trade tariffs between the US and its close allies which include Mexico a “family quarrel”.... Read More

The June edition of the Regional Report: Mexico and Nafta, the last one before the 1 July general election, takes a look at some of the political, economic, and security weaknesses in the country.... Read More

With the future of the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) still very much in doubt, Mexico is seeking to diversify its trade relations in a hurry.... Read More

Political plurality has significantly increased in Mexico over the last forty years.... Read More

Within the space of four to five months the Mexican banking system has suffered two significant cyber attacks.... Read More

Germany’s largest producer and exporter of small firearms Heckler & Koch (H&K) has been accused of illegally selling thousands of its G36 assault rifles to Mexico between 2006 and 2010.... Read More

Tourism: On 9 May Mexico’s tourism minister, Enrique de la Madrid, told reporters that Mexico is now the sixth-most visited country in the world, up from 15th four years ago.... Read More