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Next Generation Brazil: Setting the world’s stage
The Brazilian automotive industry has been tirelessly compared with Russia, India, and China in terms of its vast emerging market potential, but several important structural, social, and economic conditions that previously impeded Brazil’s highly ant (...)
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Mexico: Automotive Tool, Die and Mould Specific Demand Study
This 20-slide presentation indentifies specific demand needs for tools, dies and moulds in Tier 1 and Tier 2 metalmechanics and plastics automotive supplier companies in the states of Pueblo, Tlaxcala and Queretaro.To download 20-slide pr (...)
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Brazilian Auto Parts Industry Performance
Edited annually by Sindipecas, the publication Brazilian Autoparts Industry Performance presents the main indicators of the autoparts industry in Brazil, information about the circulating vehicle fleet and data about the production of vehicles in Bra (...)
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Brazil: BRIC Auto Markets Offer ‘Exceptional’ Growth Opportunity and Largely Untapped Strategic Potential, Says New Study
For at least the next decade, the future of the automotive industry lies in the BRIC countries. Together, Brazil, Russia, India, and China will account for more than 30 percent of the world’s auto sales in 2014—while also offering significant opportu (...)
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Bolivia Attracts Auto Manufacturers
Auto manufacturers race for Bolivia’s lithium reserves.Recently, Bolivia has become the nerve center of Latin America, attracting the interest of several multinational companies. The reason: The world’s largest reserves of lithium are in (...)
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The Brazilian automotive industry at crossroads
The Brazilian automotive industry is at a crossroads. If the industry and the government take the right steps, there are great prospects on the domestic market and increasing export opportunities. That is the conclusion of a study conducted by Roland (...)
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Brazil auto industry to invest $11.2 billion by 2012
The Brazilian automotive industry will invest $11.2 billion during the three-year period between 2010 and 2012, an amount that tops the $8.1 billion of the three preceding years, local media said.The new president of Brazil's National Aut (...)
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Is Brazil Poised to Pass Germany Vehicle Sales?
A Financial Times report suggests that Brazil could overtake Germany in terms of vehicle sales as early as this year, depending on a predicted 20% decline in Europe’s leading market.Last year, Brazil was the fifth largest market for new v (...)
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Mexico to Scrap Ownership Tax to Boost Auto Industry
President Felipe Calderon announced a program Thursday to effectively suspend and then eliminate a tax on vehicle ownership by individuals as a way of boosting sales for Mexico’s automotive industry.The measure, which will go into effect (...)
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Vehicle output in Brazil up 20.7% in first five months
Brazil's vehicle output reached 1,433,933 units in the first five months of 2010, up 20.7 percent from the same period last year, the National Motor Vehicle Producers Association (Anfavea) said Tuesday.The output of light vehicles rose 18 (...)
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Strengthening Mexico's Supply Chains
Bringing world-class logistics practices to Mexico.Mexican companies have improved the management of their supply chains in recent years, yet they continue to rank behind leading international firms in applying best practices. A new study (...)
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Is Mexico the New China?
When it comes to global manufacturing, Mexico is quickly emerging as the “new” China.According to corporate consultant Alix Partners, Mexico has leapfrogged China to be ranked as the cheapest country in the world for companies looking to (...)
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Changes to the rules for VAT refunds in Mexico
As part of the 2010 Mexican tax reform enacted on 7 December 2009 (effective as of 1 January 2010), changes were made to the general rules in the Mexican Federal Tax Code (FTC) regulations for obtaining a value added tax (VAT) refund for companies th (...)
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News Analysis: Mexico Considering Tougher Tax Treatment of Some Maquiladora Operations
Mexico is considering amendments to its maquiladora decree to impose new conditions on the ability of a substantial number of maquiladoras and their foreign affiliates to benefit from protections from income tax and single-rate tax exposure that are (...)
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Industry Hurt as Mexico Wages Drug War on US Border
Frozen investments and canceled factories are hurting a major Mexican industrial hub on the U.S. border as nervous business leaders watch police and troops do battle with brutal drug gangs.Ciudad Juarez, a manufacturing center and for man (...)
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Working in Brazil: Important information for your assignment
With the opening of the Brazilian market to foreign investments in the last decade, the flow of expatriates in Brazil has increased significantly during the last years. Companies all around the world established subsidiaries and many foreigners were (...)
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Brazil: tomorrow is finally here
Brazilians have long joked that their country is on the verge of greatness — amanhã (tomorrow). That day may finally be here. Economic activity is rising, along with household consumption, an increasing middle class, brisk manufacturing and big oil f (...)
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Brazil: Research and collaboration in the new geography of science
Brazil is an increasingly important and competitive research economy. Its research workforce capacity and R&D investment are expanding rapidly, offering many new possibilities in a diversifying research portfolio. It has received much less policy (...)
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Brazil: Guilty Until Proven Innocent
New Brazilian rules increase the risk that executives may be held personally responsible for their company’s tax liabilities.For top executives at Brazilian companies, the risk of being considered personally liable for legal issues involv (...)
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Nearshore Attraction: Latin America Beckons as a Global Outsourcing Destination
This report looks at Latin America’s growing importance in global outsourcing. There are a number of trends that are reshaping how companies approach outsourcing and why Latin America is gaining prominence:Cost savings: The recent global (...)
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Relocation Taking Off (Finally) in South America
It has taken far longer for the concept of relocation to take a hold in Latin America than it has by comparison in Europe, Asia, Australia, or the United States. Today, however, relocation in Latin America has become a viable business whereas, perhap (...)
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Latin American investment prospects: executive summary
Latin America stands as a center of strategic importance today because it offers investors and corporate multinationals prospects for long-term growth.This optimism comes across in a recent PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP survey of US corporat (...)
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Costa Rica, China draw up free trade pact
Costa Rican and Chinese negotiators reached a free trade agreement on Wednesday, a key part of the Central American nation's drive to extend its web of trade pacts outside the Western Hemisphere.President Oscar Arias is expected to sign t (...)
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Latin America Security: Best & Worst
The safest and most dangerous countries in Latin America for foreign multinationals and executives.What are the safest countries for foreign multinationals and executives? What are the most dangerous? How is security compared to last year (...)
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Latin America: Statistics, Logistics and the Rebound
Latin America leads the way as global trade picks up from its steep decline in 2009.On a blustery winter morning, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin joined his Danish and Ecuadorean colleagues on the St. Petersburg docks to celebrate the arriv (...)
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More FCPA Cases in Latin America
Growing enforcement leads to more focus on the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in Latin America.Experts are seeing more cases of U.S. companies violating the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in Latin America. The FCPA p (...)
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How to Avoid FCPA Violations in Latin America
Experts share their advice on how US companies can avoid violating the FCPA in Latin America.What advice do you give companies just starting operations in Latin America on how to avoid violating the FCPA? What advice do you give companies (...)
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Latin America Update: from global resources
Labor unrest in China could be Mexico's gainSource: Bloomberg BusinessweekTo read on, (...)
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CultureWizard: Chili Culture Tips
+ Chilean nuclear families are generally small, although the extended family is quite close. Many young people live with their parents until they marry, although there is an emerging trend for young people to move away from the family.+ T (...)
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Mexico: "What to ask" Guide on manufacturing and shelter companies
This list has been provided courtesy of The Offshore Group, to assist in beginning the search for the right Shelter company. There will be many more questions pertaining to your company’s specifi c manufacturing requirements. This guide i (...)
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