The World Trade Organization (WTO) has continued to develop the Trade4MSMEs web platform to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in international trade. Among other developments, the French and Spanish translations of the website have been completed and 12 new guides have been developed for SMEs and policymakers
Fomento Económico Mexicano (FEMSA) announced on Wednesday the pricing of the sale by FEMSA itself and its subsidiaries Compañía Internacional de Bebidas and Grupo Industrial Emprex, of its entire interest in the existing issued ordinary shares of both Heineken N.V. and Heineken Holding N.V. (collectively, the Heineken Group).
Global merchandise trade is not yet showing a full recovery, considering the current reading of 95.6 on the World Trade Organization (WTO) barometer index. This barometer is a composite indicator of world trade that provides real-time information on the trajectory of merchandise trade relative to recent trends. While
Brazil led herbicide imports on a global scale in 2022, with a year-on-year increase of 165%, to US$3.264 billion, according to data from the Ministry of Economy. This result implied a record in the indicator, after having grown at an annual rate of 56% in 2021. Where were
Trends in the cross-border remittance business tend to correlate with immigration trends, notes International Money Express. They are also linked to global economic opportunities and related employment levels in certain industries such as construction, information technology, manufacturing, agriculture and hospitality, as well as other service industries. According to
Concerns about fentanyl smuggling through U.S. ports of entry have led to heightened screening of commercial and passenger vehicles coming from Mexico and accelerated the deployment of advanced imaging technologies for cargo screening, according to a U.S. congressional analysis. In 2016, synthetic opioids, led by fentanyl, surpassed heroin