Only three countries other than the United States — Mexico, Singapore and Sweden — have regained all the ground they lost when world stock markets plunged during the financial crisis of 2007-9.via Off the Charts: Few Have Recovered – Graphic –...
Read MoreA federal judge on Wednesday denied a request to block the “show me your papers” provision in Arizonas immigration law, bringing officials one step closer to enforcing one of the most controversial parts of the 2010 measure.via Judge upholds papers provision in Arizona immigration law –...
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Mexico’s plans to relieve shortages in the short term with LNG imports may be hampered by Peru’s request to domestic producers to halve its gas exports to Mexico to allocate gas reserves to Peruvian industries.Mexico’s fields aren’t the only underused gas facilities, Shields said. Mexico’s LNG terminals are working at a low capacity or not operating at all because South American prices can’t compete with U.S. costs.“In practice, the only gas coming to Mexico will be by pipelines, and they’re at their limit,” Shields said.via U.S. Shale Glut Means Gas Shortage for Mexican Industry: Energy –...
Read MoreSomewhat surprisingly, the Republican and Democratic Party platforms diverge on international trade, with the Democrats far more engaged. Their agenda promises to push the economic frontiers to the south and to “expand free and fair trade in the Americas.” They tout the fact that the United States exports “more than three times as much to Latin America as [it does] to China,”via The Democratic Platform on Latin America |...
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