Canadian Solar announced on June 15, 2023 the establishment of a solar photovoltaic module production facility in Mesquite, Texas. The plant will have an annual production of 5 GW, with an investment of more than $250 million. With production scheduled to begin in late 2023, the plant will
The United States sends a variety of commodities to food aid programs, including wheat, corn, sorghum, vegetable oils, pulses, and fortified blended foods. During fiscal 2022, the United States supplied 2 million tons of in-kind food aid with a total value of $1.2 billion, according to World Trade
The United States has sought to deepen regional trade integration in a variety of ways across all areas of the manufacturing sector. These include the negotiation of the Mexico-United States-Canada Agreement (USMCA, which includes new rules of origin for the automotive sector aimed at increasing regional content and
Mexico has a National Fiscal Coordination System (SNCF) in which the federal State and federal entities participate. Through the SNCF, the federal State transfers «federal shares», that is, a percentage of the federal tax and non-tax collection, to the federal entities. The federal State does not specify the
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has made strides in the use of blockchain and other technologies. Over the past four years, CBP actively examined and sought new ways to modernize its business systems. As part of this initiative, several pilot projects were launched to test blockchain technology.
The Mexican government provides credit in the rural sector through an alliance with the Fondo de Capitalización e Inversión del Sector Rural (FOCIR). Thus, in 2020, the Ministry of Economy designed and implemented the First Call for Proposals of the UDP-FOCIR Emergency Program for Economic Reactivation. Through it,