The World Trade Organization (WTO) plans to lower the maximum permitted levels of trade-distorting domestic support. From the perspective of Gloria Abraham Peralta, Chair of the WTO Committee on Agriculture, the main challenge is to agree on how the authorized levels of trade-distorting domestic support should be reduced,
The steel prices, specifically HRC in the U.S., averaged $1,262 per net ton during the first six months of 2022, down 6% from the same period last year. But that price is well above the 10-year average of $712 per net tonne. Hot-rolled coil (HRC) is the predominant
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a report highlighting the consequences of the semiconductor shortages. The GAO is a legislative branch government agency that provides audit, evaluation and investigative services for the U.S. Congress. For starters, semiconductors, also called microchips or chips, are tiny electronic devices
The exploration expenditures of mining company Fresnillo plc increased at a year-on-year rate of 27.6% in 1H2022 to $77.7 million. The rise is in line with the company‘s budget for this year and its strategy to focus exploration on specific targets, mainly in the Fresnillo and San Julián
The cases of the loggerhead sea turtle, right whale and vaquita are being processed in the framework of the Treaty between Mexico, the United States and Canada (USMCA). In June 2022, a group of Mexican NGOs filed a public brief with the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental
Recent U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasts call for U.S. corn acreage to be planted in the 2022-2023 planting season to be about 90 million acres, down slightly from the 2021-2022 estimate of 93.4 million acres. However, that level is still a very healthy level to support strong fertilizer