In USTR’s view, the initial goal of Made in China 2025 is to ensure, through various means, that Chinese companies develop, extract or acquire their own «indigenous» technology, intellectual property and know-how, as well as their own brands. This impacts companies like Qualcomm Incorporated, for example, which derives
China has yet to implement some of its most important agricultural commitments agreed to in the Phase One Agreement with the United States, noted the White House Trade Representative (USTR). Among those failures are those related to agricultural biotechnology and the completion of a risk assessment regarding the
Mexico City has become the main center of audiovisual production in Latin America, according to the government of the capital of Mexico. The official data is that there are more than 1,000 annual projects in this industry. What is the audiovisual industry? This industry is constantly evolving, both
In 2023, total container traffic as measured by the RWI/ISL index decreased 0.6 percent from the previous year, the WTO referred. This figure is very close to the WTO’s estimate for world merchandise exports (-0.6 percent). Apparently, the agency added, in January global traffic increased 6.2 percent compared
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is increasingly shifting to friendly economies, concludes a WTO analysis. To take into account: friend-shoring consists of deepening relationships and diversifying supply chains with a greater number of reliable trading partners to reduce risks to their economies. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF),
Purchases of durable goods are more dependent on credit, making them more vulnerable to interest rate fluctuations. Durable goods have a longer useful life, with a greater ability to withstand wear and tear, such as cars, furniture, washing machines, refrigerators, computers and televisions. According to a World Trade