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A More Dynamic 2021 for the U.S.-Mexico Border

By Nancy J Gonzalez Even though the COVID-19 pandemic slowed down trade between the US and Mexico, manufacturers forecast a more dynamic 2021 This new dynamic will be driven by sectors strengthened during the pandemic such as the medical...

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Baja California Is the State with Best Working Conditions

By Wendy Fry According to the publication ‘El Economista’ State Occupation Quality and Competition Index, Baja California placed first for the entire Mexican Republic with 891 points out of 100 possible for working conditions across the...

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Business Community Rejects Import Tax on FTZ

By Wendy Fry Some border business groups are urging Congress not to reimpose an import tax on products made in congressionally authorized foreign trade zones, claiming lawmakers would be reinstating a duty provision that previously put them at a...

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Industrial Real Estate Booms at the U.S.-Mexico Border

By Nancy J Gonzalez The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) as well as the nearshoring and the growing e-commerce during the COVID-19 pandemic have been boosting real estate along the US-Mexico border The demand for industrial space...

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Parras de la Fuente will have a new industrial park

PARRAS – With an area of 40 hectares of land, the new Cactus Valley Parras industrial complex will seek to house non-polluting light industrial companies with minimal water consumption, with 15 industrial buildings Grupo Cactus Valley...

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Maquiladora industry seeks to vaccinate its staff against COVID-19

JUAREZ – Maquiladora companies seek to vaccinate their employees in advance, so they seek to support the federal government in this task “Locally there are at least three interested companies, while there is another that internally already...

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Juárez closed 2020 with an inflation of 3.27%

JUAREZ – Driven by a rise in the price of food and alcoholic beverages, 2020 closed with an inflation of 327% in Ciudad Juárez According to the National Consumer Price Index, published by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography...

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Libertad de Monterrey dam registers an advance of 9%

MONTERREY – The Libertad dam is advancing at full speed, with the aim of reducing the construction of the 1,950-meter-long curtain from 1,090 to 800 days The work has a financial and physical progress of 11% and 9%, respectively, commented the...

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The New USMCA: Key Issues, Challenges, and Impact on the Global Automotive Industry

GlobalAutoIndustrycom’s latest Audio Interview “The New USMCA: Key Issues, Challenges, and Impact on the Global Automotive Industry” features Leslie Alan Glick  Mr Glick is co-chair of the Butzel Long International Trade and Customs...

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Industry will invest US$45 million in vaccines against COVID-19

TIJUANA – The border productive sector, made up of the Maquiladora Industry in Tijuana, the National Chamber of Autotransport and the Association of Customs Agencies, will invest US$45 million in the purchase of vaccines against COVID-19,...

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