Mexican ambassador announces inspection-free border crossings – San Antonio Transportation Policy | Examiner.com

Then the Ambassador eagerly divulged that within the next 3-5 days, the Mexican government is prepared to announce pre-inspection facilities in Mexico where goods entering that country headed for the United States would be inspected at these Mexican facilities and allowed to enter the U.S. without stopping at the border. Companies would be pre-certified and vetted by the two governments in a tremendous leap toward erasing the United States border with Mexico and achieve one of NAFTA’s chief goals — to create a common economic and security perimeter, a true North American Union.via Mexican ambassador announces inspection-free border crossings – San Antonio Transportation Policy |...

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Why Mexico’s labour reform matters | beyondbrics

What to make of Mexico’s new labour law, which finally met with approval from the country’s Senate this week and is expected to be signed into law any day now?Read some of the international coverage, and you might form the idea that the law is a watered-down initiative that fails to open up the dark and murky world of Mexico’s powerful unions. And you’d be right – sort of.The final law no longer forces unions to carry out secret ballots, as the initiative had proposed at one point. Nor does it uncover union accounts, which remain far beyond public scrutiny.But to stop the analysis there would be to miss the point of the reform. For what Mexico is about to put into practice is not only the most significant shake-up to the labour laws in 40 years but also a huge boost to the country’s future potential growth.via Why Mexico’s labour reform matters |...

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Mexico-U.S. near agreement on bilateral tomato trade pact – Chicago Tribune

Mexico and the United States expect to reach agreement on a new bilateral tomato trade pact by the end of the month, Mexico’s economy minister said on Tuesday.In September, the United States responded to pressure from Florida tomato growers to end the 16-year trade agreement with Mexico, when the Commerce Department announced a preliminary decision in favor of terminating the pact.via Mexico-U.S. near agreement on bilateral tomato trade pact – Chicago...

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Obama looks to Asia as trade markets beckon south – Washington Times

“One of our greatest paths to making the U.S. economy more dynamic is to tie it much more closely to the Mexican and Canadian economies in terms of innovation and manufacturing,” Mr. Selee said. “This will make the U.S. much more competitive globally.”via Obama looks to Asia as trade markets beckon south – Washington...

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De Gucht Urges EU, Mexico to Tackle Trade Barriers on Services – Bloomberg

The European Union and Mexico should look for ways to go “much further” to remove barriers to services commerce, EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht said.Agriculture trade also could improve if the EU and Mexico are able to update existing agreements, De Gucht said in a speech to a business summit in Queretaro, Mexico. He also affirmed the EU’s intent to ink other North American deals.“I expect to conclude a comprehensive agreement with Canada very soon,” De Gucht said. “Even more crucially, it is possible that we will start talks for a deep free trade agreement with the United...

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