Publications

On July 23, the USTR imposed new Section 301 tariffs on imports from 60 economies. Mexico faces an additional 10% tariff for failing to effectively enforce its ban on goods produced with forced labor, constituting a USMCA violation.

BBVA Research and the Mexican Association of Private Industrial Parks (AMPIP) conducted the second edition of the survey to identify opportunities and challenges of nearshoring

Mexico imposes temporary tariffs between 5% and 50% on the import of 544 tariff items applicable to products from countries with which it does not have trade agreements, including China, and subsequently rectifies some tariffs.

Chinese economy slowed down in Q2 amid housing crash and deflation expectation. We expect the economy could bottom out in the rest of year with the help of policy support.

It is important to understand what was going on in the past year’s BoP abnormalities and to predict this year’s BoP items while investigating the sustainability of these abnormalities.

RCEP is a trade agreement between countries in Asia and Oceania, which forms the largest trading bloc in the world measured by its population, GDP and amount of international trade. The treaty was signed on November 15, but the ratification of each of the member countries is still pending.

Argentina mantiene una baja participación en el comercio mundial. Las exportaciones argentinas se han visto muy afectadas por cambios políticos y regulatorios. Ha aumentado la diversificación de destinos pero no la de productos. Dos de los principales productos de exportación -automóviles y soja- se destinan a los dos mayores socios: Brasil y China