World trade and global GDP depend above all on the degree of vaccination against Covid-19, the WTO pondered in its most recent perspectives. According to the most recent WTO trade forecast of March 31, 2021, the volume of world merchandise trade will increase 8.0% in 2021 and 4.0%
Mexico‘s agricultural and fishing exports exceeded pre-Covid-19 levels in May 2021, Inegi reported. At a year-on-year rate, these external sales grew 17.5%, to 1,779.5 million dollars. That same amount implied a growth of 10% compared to Mexican agricultural and fishing exports in May 2019. Mexico changed its agricultural
Álvaro Fernández Garza is currently a director of Nemak, GAP, Axtel and Citibanamex, among other companies. As part of his academic profile, he studied Economics at the University of Notre Dame and has an MBA from ITESM and a MBA from Georgetown University. Born in 1968, Álvaro Fernández
Indonesia currently has 13 Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs), according to a report from the World Trade Organization (WTO). In general, the Indonesian Government supports the liberalization of international trade and investment through its participation in various international and regional trade organizations. On the one hand, Indonesia is a
Among the largest soybean producers in the world, production is concentrated in the United States, Brazil, Argentina and China. In the secondary sector of the economy, the processing industry converts soybeans into soybean meal, soybean hulls, and soybean oil. Typically, a bushel of soybeans yields about 44 pounds
International trade in water fell at a year-on-year rate of 3.8% in the world in 2020, according to a report published by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). With this, these commercial flows were located at 11,494 million tons. Worldwide containerized trade, measured in