Germany‘s imports totaled 280 billion euros in the first quarter of 2021, up 2.4% year-on-year. Germany is the largest economy in Europe and the fourth largest in the world. It is also the third largest exporting country and the fourth largest manufacturer. On the contrary, German exports from
China‘s exports grew at a year-on-year rate of 32.3% in April, to $ 263.92 billion, reported the General Administration of Customs of that country. As Chinese foreign sales grow at high rates, this reflects to some extent a greater dynamism in international markets, considering that China is the
Grupo México announced that it is planning investments for 3.1 billion dollars related to metal refining, electric power and its El Arco project. Above all, the Arco is a world-class copper deposit located in the central part of the Baja California peninsula, with mineral reserves of 2.4 billion
The manufacturing sector uses frontier technologies for predictive maintenance, quality control and combined human-robot work, according to a recent UNCTAD report. In general, frontier technologies, encompassing a variety of new materials, products, applications, processes, and business models, are interdependent, interconnected, and mutually reinforcing. Advances in one technology foster
The WTO broke a record for new trade concerns (57) in the Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT), despite the disruptions stemming from the pandemic. The objective of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT Agreement) is that technical regulations, standards and conformity assessment procedures are
The peso starts the session with an appreciation of 0.50% or 10 cents, trading around 19.84 pesos per dollar, with the exchange rate touching a maximum of 19.9686 and a minimum of 19.8312 pesos per dollar. The appreciation of the peso occurs alongside a strengthening of most currencies