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Latin automotive articles
Assessing an Investment in the Mexican Automotive IndustryThis is a publication that analyzes key factors to be evaluated by investors wishing to enter or expand in the automotive industry in our country. The industry is the most important in Mexican manufacturing industries and accounts for ... Read onStimulus programme is a boost for Brazil's LV marketCumulated sales in the first eight months of 2012 were up 6.9% year-on-year - an impressive performance, given that Brazil's GDP in the first half of 2012 grew by just 0.6%. The Brazilian government's stimulus programme led to ... Read onGlobal Insider: Mexico-Mercosur Auto Moves Send Mixed SignalsUnder 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 onTo read the following articles, please click here.Mexico Auto Industry Undaunted By Brazil, Argentina LimitsAssembly Allocation to Mexico will Grow at Canada's ExpenseBrazil: Automotive Executive SurveySecond Round Between South America and MexicoMexico: Skills, sites needed for auto plantsAuto Production Falls 9.4 Percent in BrazilBrazil moves to protect domestic industry against importsMexico: Automotive industry demand for engineering plastics to hit US$1.3bn in 2017 - study
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Mexico manufacturing
Mexico - Manufacturing Companies Move Toward Near-SourcingAll 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 ... Read onMexico Continues To Be Top Choice for Manufacturing 'Near-Shoring,' Says StudyRead on
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Roadmap to Going Global: Brazil as a Case Study on How to Grow Your Business Internationally
September 12 - FREE online seminar (via Internet)Presented by Jeff Jorge In this seminar, global growth leader Jeff Jorge shares first-hand accounts, rare insights and proven methodologies to help accelerate your company's international growth. In using one of the world's fastest-growing markets as the session's foundational example - Brazil - this engaging and informative seminar enables you and your fellow participants to walk away with actionable tools to help your organization accelerate its global expansion. To attend for free or for more info, please click here.
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Doing business in Latin America
Brazil's business labyrinth of bureaucracyLong 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 onWhat does it take to win in Brazil? Developing your Market Entry Strategy for BrazilRead onInvesting in Mexico: Profit From This New Manufacturing SuperpowerI have noticed that many people go to great lengths to travel the world but inexplicably ignore sites in their own backyard. Take me for example. I have lived in Colorado for about 12 years and have yet to visit the Grand Canyon. Read onMexico Bribery: Cost of Doing Business?Read on
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Finance and investing in Latin America
GOING GLOBAL: The 2012 Investor's Guide to Mexico's Business and Technology ServicesDespite an uncertain global economy, Mexico's outsourcing industry is expected to grow by 10-15 percent this year, amounting to roughly USD $13 billion by year's end. ITO will represent around 60 percent of this revenue. Read onShould You Be Investing in Latin America?Latin America has not been spared the effects of the current global economic crisis. While strong domestic markets support countries such as Brazil, a decrease in external demand could spell trouble. Regulatory structures, tax models ... Read onPrivate equity value creation in Latin America: exit study highlightsRead on
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Latin American HR issues
A Deeper Examination of Immigration Policies in the Big Six Latin America MarketsBrazil makes it difficult. Costa Rica is complex but straightforward. Colombia requires a lot of paperwork as does Argentina. Mexico and Chile reputedly provide a smooth road by comparison to the others. We are talking about immigration procedures in ... Read onMexico Employment Law - Employee Profit SharingEmployee profit sharing is a topic of great importance. Article 123 section IX of the Constitution of the United Mexican States stipulates that employees shall have a right to share in company profits (10% of taxable profits in accordance with ... Read onArgentina - Employment & LabourNew system to inform non-remunerative items to employees. A new information system was created requesting employers to inform, before the payment of the corresponding monthly salaries, the "non-remunerative" items paid, the ... Read onTo read the following articles, please click here.Viva Brazil! Legal Pitfalls for U.S. Multinationals Seconding Expats to BrazilLatin America: Better Education Quality NeededVenezuela Labor Law Reform
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Latin logistics, SCM and import/export issues
Latin America: New Duty Reductions, Harmonized Tariff Schedule Amendments and Rules
As of 1 July 2012, lower duties may be applicable when importing goods originating from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Israel, Japan, Nicaragua, ... Read on
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Big port increases for Brazil and Mexico
Argentina the world's most protectionist country, says World Bank trade report
Brazil: New rules on collective terminations
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Latin America legal issues
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 ... Read on
Mexican Senate Approves Anti-Corruption Law for Government Procurement
The Mexican Senate passed with 77 votes in favor, 0 against and 0 abstentions on April 25, 2012, the Federal Anti-Corruption Law for Government Procurement (the "Anti-Corruption Law"), in order to include the liability and penalties for ... Read on
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"Latin America Tax Conference" Conference October 24-26 in Miami (USA) For more information, please click here ..."Manufacture in Mexico: Supply to the World" Workshop November 15 in Chicago (USA) For more information, please click here ...
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