The United States included gender provisions in seven trade agreements, according to a report by the White House Trade Representation (USTR). These trade agreements include “gender-related provisions” or address explicit gender-related considerations. For example, the FTA between the United States and Chile (art. 9, annex 9.1) was the
Air cargo volumes were stable at a high level in June, as in May, IATA reported. In relation to that trend, industry-wide freight ton-kilometers (CTK) increased 9.9% in June 2021 compared to the same month in 2019, a small improvement over the (revised down) increase of 8.5 %
ECLAC published the 20 largest cross-border mergers and acquisitions carried out in Latin America and the Caribbean during 2020. As in 2019, the largest investments in 2020 were in the energy sector, both in electricity and hydrocarbons. The construction and concession of infrastructure and logistics, agrochemicals and the
Tomato exports from Mexico grew at an interannual rate of 6.7% from January to July 2021, to 1 million 180,586 tons, according to data from the Ministry of Agriculture. In the last six years, this vegetable has had a growing trend in its production and is exported mainly
The largest exporters of agricultural products in the world in 2020 were the European Union, the United States and Brazil, according to data from the World Trade Organization (WTO). Exports to the European Union totaled $ 653 billion. If only extra-block foreign sales are taken into account, the
Mexico has removed several exemptions on imports of ICT (information and communications technology) products, which has angered US industry. On October 6, 2020, Mexico notified the WTO of its proposal to revise a 1998 technical regulation, NOM-019-SCFI-1998 “Security of data processing equipment”, which establishes security requirements for certain