Accelerated digitization benefited multinational technology companies, such as Alphabet, Tencent, and Amazon, who increased their assets abroad. For hardware and IT companies, the increase in international revenue (10%) did not lead to an increase in cross-border acquisitions, as the number of deals announced in the second quarter of
The Group of 20 (G20) economies implemented 227 trade remedies from October 2020 to May 2021. Likewise, that amount represents 79% of all non-Covid-19 trade measures recorded in a joint OECD, WTO and UNCTAD report. At the same time, these measures peaked in 2020 and the average number
A report released by the United Nations (UN) recounts and takes stock of the results of the Televisa Law in Mexico. The case is dealt with in the 2021 Regional Human Development Report. Overall, Televisa is a leading media company in the Spanish-speaking world, a major cable operator,
International banking and trade weathered the global recession caused by the Covid-19 pandemic well, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) concluded. The second quarter of 2020 saw the largest quarterly contraction in world economic activity since the Second World War. However, according to the BIS, for the year
The Federal Economic Competition Commission (Cofece) authorized the merger between Smithfield Foods and Agrobiotecnología Industrial de México. The notified operation consists of increasing Smithfield’s indirect participation in the capital stock of Granjas Carroll de México. At the beginning, on December 18, 2020, Smithfield and Agrobiotecnología Industrial de México
Australia‘s exports posted 6% month-on-month growth in May to A $ 42.233 million. The amount includes both sales of products and services. Conversely, Australian imports totaled AU $ 32.552 million, an advance of 3% month-on-month. In both cases the comparison uses seasonally adjusted figures. Separately, Australia’s exports of