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The LATINtalk eJournal - May 2012

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LATINtalk automotive articles

Global Insider: Mexico-Mercosur Auto Moves Send Mixed Signals
Under pressure from Brasilia, Mexico agreed last month to limit its automotive exports to Brazil, prompting Argentina to threaten to revoke its own trade agreement with Mexico in an effort to gain further concessions. In an email interview, ...   Read on

In Brazil, Industrial Output, Car Sales and Installment Payment on Time Are All Down
In São Paulo, Brazil, the number of people who have fallen behind in making installment payments rose to 21.8% in April, up from 18.5% in March. The São Paulo Commercial Federation has released monthly reports on payment defaults since ...   Read on

Car inventories in Brazil highest since 2008
Automobile production and sales in Brazil fell in April from March, as inventories climbed to their highest level since the global financial crisis of 2008, raising the specter of idling production lines and continued weak industrial output.   Read on

Mexico: Skills, sites needed for auto plants
The keys to attracting new automotive assembly plants to the Texas-northeast Mexico region are developing a workforce with more manufacturing skills and creating a process to prequalify manufacturing sites.That was the consensus ...   Read on

Nigeria, Brazil partner on auto revival
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LATINtalk headline articles
  
Mexico may be a standout in emerging markets
The Mexican economy has fared well and may continue to outperform most emerging markets over the long term, according to John O'Donnell, chief knowledge officer for Online Trading Academy. Mexico could "take over the manufacturing ...   Read on

Mexico - Manufacturing Companies Move Toward Near-Sourcing
All eyes are on Mexico as the cost of manufacturing in China rises, forcing businesses to rethink their global sourcing strategies. Companies that once flocked to China because of its massive pool of cheap labor and attractive government incentives a ...   Read on

How to Protect Industrial Equipment Consigned to Mexican Companies
There are many circumstances and industrial manufacturing models pursuant to which industrial equipment owned by a foreign company is delivered to a Mexican company as a necessary means to provide manufacturing or assembly services in Mexico.  Read on

Viva Brazil! Legal Pitfalls for U.S. Multinationals Seconding Expats to Brazil
With the booming Brazilian economy, the migration of foreigners to Brazil also is constantly on the rise. In order to mitigate against labor liabilities and an unnecessary labor and tax burden, before seconding expats into Brazil, companies should ...   Read on

Brazil's business labyrinth of bureaucracy
Long known as the country of the future, Brazil is now the nation of the moment. Yet while the country has become the world's sixth-largest economy, reform of the laws and regulations for opening and running businesses don't seem to be ...   Read on

Mexico Bribery: Cost of Doing Business?
Is bribery just a cost of doing business in Mexico?  Executives of Wal-Mart de México allegedly bribed officials with more than $24 million over the past several years to speed up expansion in Mexico, ...   Read on

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Latin America Update:  global headlines  
  
Below are the latest headlines from around the world featuring articles on Latin America.  To read articles below, please click here.

Wal-Mart says it didn't lobby against anti-bribery law
Source: USA Today

Argentina tests patience of Brazil
Source: Financial Times

VW's Audi to build factory in Mexico
Source: Reuters

Analysis: Latin American trade barriers seen backfiring
Source: Reuters

BMW Sales in Brazil Slump 30% Because of Tax Increase
Source: Bloomberg

Mexico landfill gas project powers Nissan manufacturing plant
Source: BIOMASS Power & Thermal

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LATINtalk May edition - additional articles

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- Latin America: Better Education Quality Needed

- Mexico looks at rival Brazil and rues its fate

- Asian investment boom seen in Latin America

- EU ready to cut trade benefits to Argentina because of YPF; warns the region on growing protectionism

- Industrial sales and employment in Brazil gradually picking up

- Brazil ready to boost trade with Argentina but demands "compromise" on lowering barriers

- The City That Represents The Future Of Brazil

- Venezuela Labor Law Reform

- Big port increases for Brazil and Mexico

- Mexico's March Industrial Production Seen Up 2.5%

- Plock! Prices of two bedroom apartments in Sao Paulo fall for the first time in years

- Latin America must open up

- Argentina - Employment & Labour

- FDI in several Latam countries during 2011 marked a historic record

- In Brazil, 60% Will Be Middle Class by 2018, Says President Rousseff

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