The recovery in world trade continued in the first quarter of 2021, highlighted the European Central Bank (ECB). So far, the available data point to a continued recovery in world trade. For the ECB, merchandise trade flows surprised to the upside in January and continued to drive the
The United States Trade Representation (USTR) said Wednesday that its country is in favor of waiving patents and other intellectual property protections for Covid-19 vaccines. «This is a global health crisis and the extraordinary circumstances of the Covid-19 pandemic call for extraordinary measures,» said Katherine Tai, head of
The peso closed the session with an appreciation of 0.80% or 16.2 cents, trading around 20.09 pesos per dollar, with the exchange rate touching a maximum of 20.2971 and a minimum of 20.0786 pesos per dollar. The Mexican peso was the third most appreciated currency in the wide
Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) continued to discuss the ongoing work program on electronic commerce and the moratorium on customs duties on electronic transmissions. The president of the General Council of the WTO, Dacio Castillo, from Honduras, pointed out that, after the good discussion that the
The United States, China and Brazil ranked as the largest chicken producers in the world in 2020, according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Ahead of all, the United States produced 20 million 239,000 tons, followed by China (14.6 million), Brazil (13.9 million), the European Union
Gruma invested 43 million dollars in the first quarter of 2021, while it has maintained a growth in its external sales. During the first quarter of the current year, the main projects of the company were: Production capacity increase at the tortilla plant in Malaysia. Renovations and maintenance