Mexico has 26 automobile plants, including those of General Motors, Ford, Nissan, Stellantis, Volkswagen and Hyundai. The Mexican Automotive Industry Association (AMIA) estimates that Mexico will go from being the seventh largest automaker in the world in 2022 to become the fifth largest in 2025. The Mexican automotive
The United States has placed restrictions on China on companies receiving U.S. subsidies for the production of semiconductor chips. Under Section 103(b)(5) of the U.S. Science and CHIPS Act, an entity receiving subsidies under the U.S. chip incentive program is prohibited for 10 years from engaging in any
The U.S. government stated that China failed to implement several commitments related to agricultural biotechnology and ractopamine. If China believes that the United States has failed to implement any of its commitments under the Phase I Agreement, the Phase I Agreement provides a mechanism for China to raise
In the United States, Customs officials may examine, detain, seize and forfeit goods under Customs control suspected of bearing counterfeit trademarks or pirated copyright infringing goods admitted into or out of a free trade zone or bonded warehouse. Customs officials also conduct random «sweeps» of these zones, take
Domestic food aid in the United States totaled $193,778.3 million in the marketing year of October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022. For its largest amount, in the first place, there are the Food and Consumption Services (FCS), where through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (formerly the
Thailand notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of a low use of import quotas for products such as coffee, corn, soybeans and sugar in 2021. Specifically, the Thai government reported the following TRQ fill rates: coffee: 55.4%; fodder corn: 0%; soybean oil and its fractions: 0%; and cane