Tag: Mexico

• Monday, June 3rd 2013 - 05:13 UTC

  Xi Jinping visits Mexico to try and improve political and trade cooperation

  

  The leaders of Mexico and China will meet for the second time in two months this week, a sign of deepening cooperation, even as the Latin American nation seeks to close a huge trade deficit. Chinese President Xi Jinping will be treated to a lavish two-day state visit in Mexico that begins on Tuesday, with an event at the Campo Marte military field with President Enrique Peña Nieto and a speech to Congress.

• Friday, May 24th 2013 - 07:50 UTC

  Pacific Alliance agrees to eliminate tariffs for 90% of goods beginning July

  

  The Alliance of the Pacific bloc that includes Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Chile on Thursday agreed to eliminate tariffs on most goods to promote free trade between the countries and increase exports to Asia.

• Friday, May 10th 2013 - 07:54 UTC

  Change of policy? Obama hosts Chile and Peru presidents; Biden visits Brazil and Colombia

  

  The White House announced that Peruvian President Ollanta Humala and Chile’s President Sebastian Piñera will travel to Washington in June and meet with President Barack Obama. The White House also said that Vice President Joe Biden’s next week will visit Brazil and Colombia with a stop in Trinidad and Tobago.

• Friday, May 3rd 2013 - 06:11 UTC

  Obama supports new Mexican drugs security policy to cut down on killings and violence

  

  President Barack Obama gave his blessing to a new security arrangement with Mexican leader Enrique Peña Nieto, in which Mexico will make reducing violence a priority over hunting drug cartel kingpins in the war against organized crime. The two presidents said they also want to step up trade and business ties that have been overshadowed by the battle against drug trafficking.

• Thursday, May 2nd 2013 - 08:18 UTC

  Obama begins fourth visit to strategic Mexico with a full agenda of critical issues

  

  President Barack Obama leaves on Thursday for Mexico and Costa Rica, on a strategic mission to deepen trade ties and jobs’ creation but also hoping to discuss US immigration reform, security threats and drug wars.

• Tuesday, April 9th 2013 - 02:10 UTC

  Falkland Islands’ delegation expected in Mexico to talk about referendum results

  

  Falkland Islands lawmaker Dr. Barry Elsby and young Islander Krysteen Ormond are expected this week in Mexico with a full agenda of political contacts and media interviews referred to the March referendum when Islanders by an overwhelming turnout and support, 92% and 99.8%, decided to continue as a British Overseas Territory.

• Tuesday, April 2nd 2013 - 05:23 UTC

  India/Mexico bilateral trade expected to reach 15bn dollars by 2015

  

  By R. Viswanathan - Yes… steady is the word to describe the growth of India's trade with Mexico, the second largest market of Latin America. The bilateral trade reached 6.29 billion dollars in 2012 from 4.15bn in 2011, 2.9bn in 2008 and 1.03bn in 2003.

• Monday, April 1st 2013 - 19:15 UTC

  Chile, Peru, Colombia and Mexico agree to ‘zero tariff’ for 90% of inter-trade

  

  Chile, Peru, Colombia and Mexico plan to sign an accord liberalizing 90% of trade among the group when they meet at the coming Pacific Alliance summit scheduled for May 23 in Colombia announced Chilean Foreign minister Alfredo Moreno.

• Thursday, March 21st 2013 - 02:33 UTC

  Mexico and Brazil approve visa exemption for short stays

  

  The governments of Mexico and Brazil have agreed to the exemption of the short-stay visas in ordinary passports for their citizens. The move is designed to increase the flow of travellrs between the two nations.

• Monday, March 4th 2013 - 06:18 UTC

  Mexico’s Peña Nieto trying to change the reputation of the powerful PRI

  

  Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto sounded a warning shot to his ruling party over corruption, saying no one is above the law as he tries to tackle the graft that has blighted its reputation in the past.