New Automotive Audi investment plant in Mexico
By Adina Moloman Sources: Co-Production International, Financial Times Audi, the luxury car unit of Volkswagen is considering Mexico for its next big investment in North America, starting in 2016. According to the Minister of Economy, Bruno Ferrari, the investment would be worth about $2 million and the main reason of the investment is to cover […]
2012 Mexico’s Manufacturing Supply Chain Summit
By Adina Moloman Sources: Mexico’s Manufacturing Supply Chain Summit 2012 Today and tomorrow (26-27 April 2012) is taking place an important manufacturing event, Mexico’s Manufacturing Supply Chain Summit 2012 at El Paso, Texas. The event is strategically located at the border town with Ciudad Juarez, giving the opportunity for Mexico Manufacturers to meet important transnational […]
Tijuana- San Diego binational recycling programs
By Adina Moloman Sourcing: Economic Development, San Diego Union tribune, Cal Recycling As I mention in an article before, the cities of San Diego and Tijuana share many common economic, cultural, environmental, social and security projects. There are different commissions that are attending and promote joint projects, such as Binational Planning and Cooperation Committee, a […]
New San Diego-Tijuana Border Crossing
By Adina Moloman Sources: Frontera, The Baja Times, San Diego Reader According to different statistics sources, forty million people cross the border each year between Tijuana and San Diego, and by that San Diego- Tijuana Border Crossing is becoming one of the busiest in the world. The cities of San Diego and Tijuana share many […]
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 […]
The Sixth Summit of the Americas 2012
By Adina Moloman Source: www.summit-americas.org, Reuters, Fox News This Saturday, April 14, 34 Heads of State and Government will assist at the Sixth Summit of the Americas, which will take place in Cartagena, Colombia. The summit is every three years, previous summits took place in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (2009); Mar del Plata, […]
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 […]
US-Mexico – Canada 2012 Summit
By Adina Moloman Sources: The Wall Street Journal, Global Post After trade tension between Mexico and Latin American countries (Brazil, Argentina) that we’ve discussed in previous articles, Mexico assisted to a new reunion this Monday, April 2nd with the propose to join another trade regime , among other, between US, Mexico and Canada. The US […]
Mexico auto deal with Argentina
By Adina Moloman Sources: Reuters, The Wall Street Journal After Brazil had first the attempt to break the accord at the World Trade Organization on a long-standing bilateral auto accord with Mexico, shortly after it was Argentina’s turn to change the auto trade agreement with Mexico to slow imports of vehicles and automotive parts coming […]
Innovative water technologies in Baja California
By Adina Moloman Sources: SEDECO, Renewable Energies Baja California Governor, Osuna Millan, concluded a tour in Israel, to see the latest innovative irrigation systems and other innovative water technologies. Israel is well known as a global leader in innovative water technology, especially for agricultural use. This innovative water technologies consists is drip irrigation, water recycling, […]