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LATIN AMERICA AUTOMOTIVE
Mexico, U.S. Industrial Markets Benefit from Automotive Reshoring
CBRE is reporting this week the trend to reshore some of the automotive industries manufacturing needs back in the U.S. is now having a significant impact on industrial markets across the U.S. and Mexico.As an example, this Monday...    Read on...
Brazilian Auto Production Falls 25% in 12 Months
Brazilian automakers produced 210,086 vehicles last month, down 3.4 percent from April and 25.3 percent from May 2014, the National Association of Automotive Vehicle Manufactures, or Anfavea, said Monday.Output for the first five  ...    Read on...
How suppliers can seize new opportunities in Mexico
Major automakers from around the globe are establishing or expanding operations in Mexico, and that means new challenges -- and opportunities -- for automotive suppliers. In the past month, both Ford and Toyota announced ...    Read on...
Additional Latin America automotive articles

- Autos: Brazil Demand Soft in May 2015
- Trucks: Brazil Demand Remains Uncertain (May 2015)
- Trucks: NAFTA Output Climbs in April
- Mexico's boom in automotive 

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MANUFACTURING AND ECONOMY
Mexico Manufacturing Growth At 7-Month Low In May
Mexico's manufacturing activity remained in expansion territory for the twentieth straight month in May, although the rate of expansion slowed to the lowest since October 2014, survey data from Markit Economics and HSBC Bank showed ...   Read on ...
Brazil heading for full recession: economic activity down, unemployment up
Economic activity in Brazil tumbled in the first quarter and unemployment climbed to a near four-year high, adding to signals that a looming recession could worsen as President Dilma Rousseff reins in public spending ...   Read on ...
Additional manufacturing and economy articles

- Economic Clusters, Productivity, and Growth in Latin America
- China's Li Vows to Boost Brazil's Manufacturing Capacity
- China to Invest $50 Billion in Brazilian Heavy Industry, Infrastructure 

 

NEW GLOBAL AUTOMOTIVE AFTERMARKET PUBLICATION
Featuring a standalone website and supporting bi-weekly e-newsletter, AMN Global was created to provide North American automotive aftermarket executives and other stakeholders with deeper insights into an increasingly globalized marketplace. AMN Global offers access to news content, thought leadership and best practices for success in the automotive aftermarket on an international level. The website, aftermarketnewsglobal.com, and newsletter also will provide readers with practical solutions to managing their brands abroad ...       Want to learn more?  Read on ...
FINANCE AND TAX
Brazil M&A Activity Heats Up: Multinationals Acquiring Family-Owned Businesses
For many multinational companies, Brazil has been a major focus for growth. In this roundtable discussion, senior Towers Watson consultants are joined by Brazil-based experts from legal and consulting firms to examine M&A ...  Read on...
Mexico: Risks And Opportunities From A Mexican Tax Perspective
Investments Derived From Structural Reforms.The approved structural Reforms are an unprecedented opportunity for a transformational economic growth in Mexico, being the most relevant from an investment point of view the ...   Read on...
Additional finance and tax articles
- Despite a contracting economy Brazil increases basic interest rate to 13.75%
- Brazil: Change to corporate income tax return obligation affects reporting requirements for companies
- Colombia: Withholding tax rates clarified on payments abroad

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SUPPLY CHAIN
GBP and SLU's John Cook School of Business release new Certificate Course
SLU's Center for Supply Chain Management has selected Global Business Professor to produce and host their new online Certificate Course: Supply Chain Risk Management: Creating, Capturing & Delivering Value presented by Dana Hullinger, Director of Supply Chain Strategy with The Boeing Company ...  Read on...
Learning technical Spanish for doing business in the Mexican automotive industry
Today's global supply chain requires participants from many countries to understand each other and communicate effectively. In fact, your long-term career success may depend on your ability to converse clearly in languages other than your native tongue ...  Read on...
HUMAN RESOURCES
Workforce training in Mexico is the law
Recent changes to the nation's labor law have focused on workforce training in Mexico as being critical to productivity gains on both the micro and macro levels. Among the many reform efforts that have been tackled and acted ...   Read on...
Brazil: Interim Social Security Reforms Provisionally Enacted
The Brazilian government recently enacted various measures on a provisional basis to decrease death and disability benefits from social security (INSS), increase employer-paid sick leave and raise the minimum ...    Read on...
Additional human resources articles
- Argentina comes to a halt as transport unions shut-down buses, trains, subways, air traffic
- Mexico's Start-Up Ecosystem Drives Talent Development and "Global Reach"

LATIN AMERICA UPDATE: GLOBAL HEADLINES

Why does HSBC like Mexico, but want to quit Brazil?
Source: CNBC

BYD adds 400MW PV module assembly plant to Brazilian manufacturing strategy
Source: PVTech

Mexico auto boom a boon for local suppliers
Source: Crain's Detroit Business

Ford announces investments to boost car production in Argentina
Source: MercoPress

Material Insights: Keeping up with a changing market in Brazil
Source: Plastics News

Mexico Annual Inflation Rate Falls to Lowest Since 1968
Source: Bloomberg

Mexico to produce 5 million vehicles by 2020
Source: Rubber & Plastics News

Mexican Reforms Spawn Powerful Economic Force
Source: Wall Street Daily

Mexico Peso Falls to Record as U.S. Jobs Sink Emerging Markets
Source: Bloomberg

Mexico's car industry revs up
Source: BBC

A judge ruled Argentina owes $5.4 billion, not $1.7 billion - now here's the freakout everyone expected
Source: Business Insider 

 

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ADDITIONAL ARTICLES
Also read the following articles...
- Mexico: Shipments by truck up in volume and value: Value of cross-border truck freight rising faster than the volume
- Brazil's Rousseff In Mexico To Sign Trade Agreements
- Argentina's Elections Spell New Hope For Investment and Global Openness
- Mexico, The Best Fit For The International Expansion Of U.S. Companies
- A primer on NAFTA trade dispute resolution
- Uruguay says Brazil and Paraguay are ready to sign trade accord with Europe

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