More than 1,500 refugee and migrant workers from Central American and Caribbean countries have gained formal employment at OXXO stores since 2019, according to a World Bank report. OXXO is a convenience store chain that originated in Mexico. Typically, regionally, refugees are people who have fled their home
Waste management has been identified as an essential pillar of the circular economy and circularity aspects of international trade. Factors that support environmentally sound waste management include: product design (including minimizing hazardous chemical content, complexity and layers of materials used); and transparency and traceability (to ensure that operators
The European Union has advanced the development of the circular economy through the Ecodesign Regulation for sustainable products, and waste legislation (including the Packaging and Waste Regulation and the End-of-Life Vehicles Directive). It has also issued a regulation on batteries. To note: the circular economy is an alternative
In the 2022/2023 marketing year, the volume of world cotton trade fell to 8 million tons from 9.6 million tons in the previous marketing year. According to the World Trade Organization (WTO), the United States, Brazil, Australia, Greece and Benin were the largest exporters in the 2022/2023 season.
Mexico‘s gross external debt totaled 117,834.8 million dollars as of September 30, 2023, of which 66.7% was denominated in U.S. dollars. By currency, it was followed by the euro in this indicator (16.9%), the Japanese yen (4.3%), the Swiss franc (1.7%) and the pound sterling (1.5 percent). According
The Mexican government expects Mexico to continue to capture a larger market share in its exports of magnetic and optical equipment and medical devices to the United States by 2024. For this forecast, the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP) is based on the arrival of Foreign