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 […]
International Year of Sustainable Energy all over the World
By Adina Moloman Sources: United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO); Sustainable Energy for All Last year United United Nations established that 2012 will be the International Year for Sustainable Energy for All. This year initiative is part of UN goal of universal energy access by 2030, a long term goal that is dedicated to ending […]
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 […]
Positive effects of a stronger intellectual property rights regime in a developing country
By Adina Moloman Source: Has the Shift to Stronger Intellectual Property Rights Promoted Technology Transfer, FDI, and Industrial Development? By Lee Branstetter, C. Fritz Foley and Kamal Saggi On an article before we sow that there are many channels through which a developing country can get access to technologies. An important aspect that was left out […]
Baja California, new State legislature on human trafficking
By Adina Moloman Sources: www.frontera.info, www.unescap.org, El Mexicano, El Universal Until 2011 the federal anti trafficking law, known as the General Law to Prevent, Combat and Punish Trafficking in Persons dated since 2007. Because of lack of understanding of the legal concept of human trafficking crimes, who were mostly confused with crimes against pimping and […]
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 […]
The upgrade of Mexico’s Economic Association Agreement with Japan
By Adina Moloman Source: The News; SE The Mexican Economy Secretary and the Japanese Ambassador to Mexico signed the Modifying Protocol for the Economic Association Agreement (AAE) last month. The upgrade of this agreement was formulated on a new protocol, which was approved this month by both Japanese legislature and Mexican Senate. Mexico and Japan […]
Biobanking: Technologies – A Global Market Watch, 2009-2015’- Mexico
By Adina Moloman Sources: Reuters, Research and Markets This report presents trends in biobanking sector in different regions all over the world. The regions in discussion are North America (USA, Canada and Mexico); Europe (Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom and Rest of Europe); Asia-Pacific (Australia, China, India, Japan, South Korea […]
Border Initiatives
By Adina Moloman Sources: Fox News, http://www.iniciativamerida.gob.mx/ Beyond the Border Action Plan, was released on December 7, 2011 by President Obama and Prime Minister Harper. On February 4, 2011, both chief of states announced United States-Canada joint declaration, Beyond the Border: A Shared Vision for Perimeter Security and Economic Competitiveness. This initiative presents concrete steps […]
Free Trade Agreement between Mexico and Central America
By Adina Moloman Sources: Prensa Latina; Latin Daily Financial News So far, Mexico has had a separate bilateral treaty with Costa Rica in 1995; Nicaragua in 1998, and the Northern Triangle consisting of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras in 2001. The unification into a single trade agreement of the treaties that Mexico has signed with […]