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G20 leaders to meet on boosting trade
AFP – G20 economy and trade ministers will meet next week in Mexico to seek a boost in trade as part of efforts to tackle Europe's debt crisis. The meeting immediately follows the World Economic Forum on Latin America in Puerto Vallarta.
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U.S. telecom trade with Canada, Mexico improved in 2011
Bloomberg - Relations with Canada and Mexico on trade in telecommunications equipment and services improved in the past year, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said in releasing a review of global commercial barriers.
www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-04/telecom-trade-improved-with-canada-mexico-in-2011-u-s-reports.html
Mexico presses for quick entry in Trans-Pacific talks
Reuters - Mexican President Felipe Calderon, set to leave office this year, pressed on Monday for a swift decision on his country's bid to join free-trade talks with the United States and eight other countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/02/us-usa-nafta-transpacific-idUSBRE83116E20120402
Mexico and China reach pact on footwear imports
AAP - Mexico and China have signed an agreement aimed at preventing cheap Asian-made footwear from flooding the Mexican market, Economy Secretary Bruno Ferrari says. The agreement, which will take effect on May 1 and run until December 31, 2014.
Mexico registers $442 million February trade surplus
Dow Jones - Mexico registered a trade surplus in February, its second in three months, as exports rose sharply from a year earlier and from the previous month, backed by strong manufacturing exports and high crude oil prices.
online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20120326-709326.html
Nafta surface trade rises 14.3% to $904 billion
Truckinginfo - Surface transportation trade between the U.S. and its North American Free Trade Agreement partners, Canada and Mexico, in 2011 is valued at $904 billion, a 14.3 percent increase compared to 2010.
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Argentina to ask Mexico to overhaul auto trade pact
Reuters - Argentina will ask Mexico to renegotiate a bilateral trade accord on the automobile industry, following Brazil's lead as it seeks to improve its trade balance, the government said on Tuesday.
www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/20/argentina-mexico-autos-idUSL1E8EKJG920120320
U.S. sets duties on S. Korean, Mexican refrigerators
Reuters - The United States on Monday ordered final duties on bottom-mount refrigerators from South Korea and Mexico in a case brought by U.S. manufacturer Whirlpool against foreign rivals, including LG and Samsung.
www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/19/usa-trade-refrigerators-idUSL1E8EJ86F20120319
Brazil-Mexico trade agreement under threat
Reuters - Planned free trade negotiations between Latin America's two biggest economies are in jeopardy as a result of the dispute over auto exports, Mexico's economy minister said.
www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/17/mexico-brazil-autos-idUSL2E8EGGPC20120317
Mexico's imports of Chinese-made shoes soar 151%
Latin American Herald Tribune - Mexico’s imports of Chinese-made shoes climbed 151 percent in January, a month after compensatory quotas on those consumer goods expired. Mexican shoe manufacturers have asked for an analysis of "possible safeguards."
