Things are likely to escalate before they cool down. In a note, economists at Goldman Sachs stated, they see a 60% chance that the United States would slap further tariffs on the final $300 billion of Chinese imports. This is… Read More ›
Mexico
Mexican senate to hold special session to ratify USMCA trade deal ‘soon’
Both, Canada and Mexico are pushing to get the USMCA trade agreement ratified before the U.S. enters into poll mode ahead of the 2020 Presidential elections. At a news briefing, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador stated, the government will… Read More ›
Canada takes steps to ratify USMCA ahead of U.S. VP Mike Pence’s visit
For the USMCA, which will replace NAFTA, to become law, it has to be ratified by lawmakers from the U.S., Canada and Mexico by the end of this summer. In a significant development, Canada took the first step toward ratifying… Read More ›
Disney agrees to divest Fox Sports in Brazil for its $52.4 billion acquisition of 21st Century Fox
Disney has agreed to divest the local rights for the Fox Sports channel in Brazil to a buyer at no additional costs. In a significant development, Brazil’s antitrust regulator, CADE stated, Walt Disney Co has accepted its demand to sell… Read More ›
BMW mulling building a second manufacturing plant in the U.S.
U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on cars imported to the U.S. In a strategic development, BMW stated, it is considering to build a second U.S. manufacturing plant which could produce transmissions and engines, said Harald Krueger,… Read More ›
USMCA does not impact bilateral agreement: Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray
Although U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross had termed a provision of the USMCA as a “poison pill”, Mexico and China have agreed to interpret it differently: they have emphasized that it does not impact bilateral trade relations between countries that… Read More ›
USMCA spares Canada and Mexico from Trump’s potential 25% auto tariffs
If Trump acted on his threat to impose 25% tariffs on global automobiles exported to the United States, subject to a quota regime, auto exports from Canada and Mexico would be largely exempted from this potential threat. According to a… Read More ›
Trump to sign USMCA in November
The new trade deal will be called United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). According to a senior U.S. official, the United States intends to sign a new trade agreement with Mexico and Canada at the end of November 2018. The signing will… Read More ›
U.S. trade relations improve with EU, Mexico and Canada
In what is likely to be a strategic move, the United States has moved quickly to reach new trade deals with Mexico, the EU and Canada and in doing so it can then focus its energies on China, which is… Read More ›
Volkswagen agrees to 5.5% salary hike for its workers in Mexico
The agreement, which took 2 weeks to negotiate averted a potential strike at one of its biggest plant in Mexico’s central city of Puebla. On Monday, EU’s biggest carmaker Volkswagen AG stated, it has agreed to a 5.5% increase in… Read More ›