USTR announced Thursday the addition of new staff members who will fill important leadership positions at the agency. They are: Allison Smith, USTR Deputy Assistant for Congressional Affairs; Kamau Marshall, USTR Deputy Assistant for Media and Public Affairs; Tommy Wolfe, Deputy Executive Secretary; and Sam Michel, director of
Canada offers a wide range of investment incentives, according to the Report on the State of Investments in Mexico 2021, released by the State Department. In general, these investment incentives are designed to promote broader policy goals, such as boosting research and development and promoting regional economies. The
US Trade Representative Katherine Tai highlighted an OECD analysis of the effects of anti-competitive government support. Tai met with OECD Secretary General Mathias Cormann on Wednesday. At that meeting, Ella Tai congratulated Cormann on his recent appointment to head the OECD and expressed her hope that the United
The latest airline financial results for the first quarter of 2021 confirm that the beginning of the year was weaker than originally expected, IATA reported. The main reason, according to that international organization: new virus spikes halted or reversed the recovery of air travel in many major markets.
The government of Mexico is increasingly choosing its armed (Sedena and Semar) forces for the construction and administration of economic infrastructure, highlights the Report on the State of Investments in Mexico 2021, prepared by the State Department. In the last two years, the government entrusted the Army (Sedena)
The Pacific Alliance (PA) and Singapore concluded negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement between the Pacific Alliance and Singapore (ALCAPS). This was announced by the ministers in charge of Commerce of Colombia, María Ximena Lombana; from Peru, Claudia Cornejo; from Mexico, Tatiana Clouthier and Andrés Allamand, Minister of