By: Alejandro Díaz-Bautista, Economist (PhD) Against all odds, Mexico’s economy has growth in the first year of Trump. One year after Trump took office, NAFTA remains in place. When Trump won the election a year ago, the Mexican peso fell by approximately 11%. A year later, the Mexican economy is …
February, 2018
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15 February
CANACINTRA MEXICALI STRESSES POSITIVE INVESTMENT IMPACT IN THE STATE OF BAJA CALIFORNIA DESPITE UNCERTAINTY WITH NAFTA
-Editorial With three weeks in his new role, in an interview with Beyond Borders Gazette, the current president of Canacintra Mexicali, Eugenio Lagarde, shared his opinion in relation to the statement released by Coparmex after spreading in a press conference that only 9.4% of entrepreneurs in the state of Baja …
January, 2018
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20 January
Rises in electrical rates lower competitiveness in Baja California and the northern border
By: Dr. Alejandro Diaz-Bautista, Economist (PhD). The rise in energy inputs affects the maquila and the industry. “Some effects of the rise in energy inputs are the closure of companies, loss of jobs, low competitiveness and raised prices of goods and services,” said Dr. Alejandro Díaz Bautista, economist, national researcher …
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13 January
Impacts of the United States Tax Reform in 2018
By: Dr. Alejandro Díaz-Bautista, Economist, (PhD). “The tax reform of the United States is the largest tax modification in the country for decades. By increasing the national debt at a time when the economy is doing well, the fiscal proposal threatens to leave Congress with less room to maneuver to …
December, 2017
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27 December
The NAFTA negotiations will conclude by 2018
By: Dr. Alejandro Diaz-Bautista, economist (PhD) By 2018, there are risks to the economy, such as elections and the conclusion of NAFTA. “The Mexican economy continues to be vulnerable to external shocks, where the most obvious risks are the price of oil, the elections and the renegotiation of the North …
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17 December
Trump’s stance dangerous for US, Canada and Mexico’s economy
By: Dr. Alejandro Díaz-Bautista, economist (PhD) Trump’s government tough stance towards NAFTA talks is dangerous for the economy of the United States and Canada as well as Mexico. “Five of the seven negotiating tables of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) recently concluded in Mexico City, but we are …
November, 2017
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29 November
Peso and Mexican Stock Exchange react to possible candidacy of Meade to Mexico’s Presidency
By: Dr. Alejandro Díaz-Bautista, economist (PhD) The Mexican currency remains in the face of a global fall in the dollar, and after confirming the resignation of Finance Secretary Jose Antonio Meade, who minutes later announced he will register as a pre-candidate for the Presidency of Mexico for the PRI party. …
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27 November
Economic Impacts of Black Friday in the northern border of Mexico
By: Dr. Alejandro Díaz-Bautista, Economist (PhD). There’s a consumer leak in Baja California and in the northern border during 2017. Borderlanders left at least $1 billion in Southern California during Black Friday 2017. “During this week of” Thanksgiving or the day of the turkey” there were long lines of motorists …
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13 November
Peña Nieto talks with Donald Trump at the APEC Summit
By: Dr. Alejandro Díaz-Bautista, Economist (PhD) The Mexican president and the US president spoke when arriving at the headquarters of the meeting of leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Forum 2017. President Enrique Peña Nieto met with his US counterpart, Donald Trump, during a dinner in Danang, Vietnam, in the framework …
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8 November
Discover why Yuma County Arizona has become the preferred location for expanding operations between Mexico and the United States
Statistics prove this is the safest border in the Southwest and due to this positive environment we have grown our population an impressive 27% since the year 2000. Within a sixty minute radius you have 1,544,454 people living and working within the boundaries of four states and two countries. Being …
