U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized more than 27,000 counterfeit products with an estimated manufacturer’s suggested retail value of $3.3 billion in FY 2021, had the goods been authentic. CBP enforces intellectual property rights (IPR) more visibly by seizing IPR-infringing products, such as trademarks and copyrights. To
The U.S. government strengthened the domestic content level requirement set forth in the Buy American Act to 75% by calendar year 2029. Right off the bat, in July 2022, the U.S. government published the «Notice of Proposed Rulemaking» on Buy American to further strengthen the Buy American requirement
The United States has entered into trade and investment framework agreements (TIFAs), bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) that contain investment provisions. All of these provide a stable environment conducive to encouraging foreign investment, as well as securing important provisions for U.S. investors abroad. According
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) included programs to agricultural support and environmental protection in United States. To begin with, this Act provides $19.5 billion for agricultural conservation, including $18 billion in additional funding for existing conservation programs. The latter include: the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), the Regional
The Mexican aerospace industry has five main poles, located in the states of Baja California (Tijuana-Mexicali), Sonora, Chihuahua, Querétaro and Nuevo León. In articular, Baja California is the largest, with more than 125 aerospace companies that supported more than 37,000 direct jobs before the pandemic. At the same
The world’s top three shipping lines in terms of global capacity, A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, Mediterranean Shipping Company and CMA CGM, accounted for approximately 46.3% of global capacity in 2022. Consequently, the remaining carriers together contributed less than 53.7% of global capacity, according to Alphaliner. The container shipping industry