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      <title><![CDATA[China to raise health food standards]]></title>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: center 220.95pt left 327.0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing align=center><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 22.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>China to raise health food standards</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></FONT>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">KUNMING - A senior official from the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) has vowed to implement higher standards for the registration and production of health food products amid inadequate quality control and a disorderly market.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">"With inadequate control measures for materials and production quality, many substandard products exist in the health food market," said Tong Min, a senior official from the SFDA's health food and cosmetics supervision department, at a Tuesday meeting.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Tong said several companies, especially those that sell products intended for weight loss and blood sugar reduction, use illegal additives and exaggerate the effects of their products in advertisements.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">According to Tong, the SFDA will revise its regulations to adjust the permitted scope and usage of health food products and adopt new methods to evaluate the products.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Official figures show that China has 2,054 health food production companies with an annual production value of 260 billion yuan ($41.3 billion). However, many of the companies are small and scattered throughout the country, making supervision difficult.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Hinting at an upcoming regulation on health food supervision and management, Tong said the SFDA will launch a special campaign to supervise the entire health food production chain, including material purchases, manufacturing and sales.</FONT></P>
<P align=center><A href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2012-02/22/content_14665957.htm"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow">http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2012-02/22/content_14665957.htm</FONT></A></P>]]></description>
      <pubDate>2012-2-22</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Importará México maíz por sequía]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: center 220.95pt left 327.0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN></FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 30px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow">Importará México maíz por sequía<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 30px; mso-tab-count: 1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">Lorenzo Cárdenas<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">Buscan abastecer el 7 por ciento del consumo nacional<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px" size=3>Ante la crisis que ha generado la sequía en el campo de México, este año se importarán 1 millón 020 mil toneladas de maíz, procedentes de Estados Unidos y Sudáfrica.</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">Francisco Javier Mayorga, titular de la Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación, dijo en Saltillo que este año se internarán más granos ante la problemática que vive en el campo.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">A pesar de que aseguró que la sequía afectó principalmente a las zonas ganaderas, reconoció que este año se importará maíz, lo que representará una erogación de 6 mil millones de pesos para abastecer el 7 por ciento del consumo nacional.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">A penas el lunes, el funcionario federal dijo que se había autorizado un cupo de importación de 120 mil toneladas de frijol, y están por autorizarse otras 50 mil toneladas.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px" size=3>Mayorga estuvo en la capital de Coahuila donde firmó el convenio de Coordinación 2012 con las autoridades estatales para el ejercicio del presupuesto autorizado por la Cámara de Diputados.</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px" size=3><o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Grupo Reforma </o:p></FONT></P>]]></description>
      <pubDate>2012-2-21</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Apple threat to Proview over iPad dispute]]></title>
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<P align=center><B><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 30px">Apple threat to Proview over iPad dispute</FONT></B></P></H1>
<H1><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">By <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Kathrin Hille</STRONG> and <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Richard Waters,</STRONG> FT.com</FONT></H1>
<H1><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">(Financial Times)</STRONG> -- Apple levelled a new legal threat on Monday against the struggling electronics company that has claimed it owns the iPad name in China, as a court in southern China ordered a large retailer to stop sales of the gadget.</FONT></FONT></H1>
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<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">The festering dispute, which has cast a cloud over Apple's sales in one of its biggest potential markets, is expected to come to a head in the next two weeks, with a court in Guangdong due to hear the US company's appeal against an earlier ruling that found against it.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Apple bought the iPad trademark for several countries from Proview Taiwan, an affiliate of a struggling Hong Kong-listed electronics company, in late 2009. However, while the agreement included two trademarks in China, it later turned out that these were owned by a separate affiliate, Proview Shenzhen.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">While Apple insists that the China trademark was included in the acquisition -- a view a Hong Kong court backed last year as it issued an injunction in support of the US company -- Proview disagrees, and is so far being supported in its position by mainland courts.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">In a letter on Monday to Rowell Yang, chairman of Proview Shenzhen, lawyers for Apple threatened action for defamation and other actions that they said were damaging the company's business as a result of the trademark dispute. The letter, a copy of which was seen by the FT, claims that Mr Yang himself knew of an authorised transfer of the trademarks to Apple, but had continued to make "false and misleading statements" by claiming the Shenzhen unit had known nothing about the sale.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Mr Yang could not immediately be reached for comment on these allegations.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">The letter followed a ruling on Friday by the People's Intermediate Court in Huizhou, a city in the southern province of Guangdong. The court found that a local branch of Sundan, a Chinese electronics retail chain, and Apple were infringing upon the rights of Proview Technology (Shenzhen), by selling the device, said lawyers for Proview and Sundan.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Sundan itself did not reply to a request for comment. The court could not be reached for comment.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">The judgment's effect is likely to be limited because it could potentially only stop iPad sales by one retailer in one city, and Sundan can appeal against the decision within 15 days. But the ruling is likely to give Proview a boost in its attempts to fight Apple on all fronts. Alongside the Huizhou case, Proview had also sued another big iPad retailer in Shenzhen in December. That case is still pending.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Xie Xianghui, a lawyer working for the Shenzhen company, said that following the Huizhou ruling, Proview's legal team was planning more such court cases against resellers.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">The decision is the latest step for Proview in its escalating battle with Apple. Last week, industry and commerce officials in a northern Chinese city stopped retailers from selling iPads citing the trademark dispute. In December, a Shenzhen court rejected Apple's request that the China trademark be transferred to its name. Apple has appealed that ruling.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">A Shanghai court is set to hold a hearing on Wednesday on a request for an injunction against iPad sales there.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Chinese customs has also yet to act on an attempt by Proview to get imports and exports of iPads through Chinese ports blocked -- the measure with the largest potential for damage to Apple because all iPads that the US company sells worldwide are manufactured in China.</FONT></P>
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      <title><![CDATA[El sector fabril chino se contrae por 4o mes consecutivo: HSBC]]></title>
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<P align=center><B><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 24px">El sector fabril chino se contrae por 4° mes consecutivo: HSBC</FONT></B></P>
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<P class=itemFullText><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">El índice chino de gerentes de compras, el indicador más temprano de la actividad industrial de China, subió 49.7 en febrero.</FONT></P>
<P class=itemFullText><FONT size=3 face="Arial Narrow"></FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Brush Script MT"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Pekín.- <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">El sector manufacturero de China se contrajo en febrero por cuarto mes consecutivo</STRONG> debido a que los <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">nuevos pedidos de exportación se redujeron drásticamente </STRONG>frente a la <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">crisis de deuda en la zona euro</STRONG>, mostró el miércoles un sondeo anticipado de <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">HSBC</STRONG>.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">El índice chino de gerentes de compras</STRONG> (PMI, por su sigla en inglés) elaborado por HSBC, el indicador más temprano de la actividad industrial de China, <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">subió a 49.7 en febrero, un máximo de 4 meses, desde 48.8 en enero.</STRONG><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">El PMI ha estado por debajo de 50,</STRONG> el nivel que demarca la expansión de la contracción, <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">la mayor parte de los últimos 8 meses</STRONG>.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">El sondeo muestra que el sector continuó débil en febrer</STRONG>o, con una caída en las órdenes generales, lo que pone de relieve <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">la decisión de Pekín el sábado de reducir la cantidad que los bancos comerciales deben mantener en sus reservas por segunda vez en 3 meses.</STRONG><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">HSBC dijo que los datos de su PMI anticipado</STRONG>, basados en un 85-90 por ciento de las respuestas a una encuesta mensual, sugieren que <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">se requiere un relajamiento adicional de la política</STRONG>. <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">El PMI final se publicará el 1 de marzo.</STRONG><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">"<STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">El crecimiento sigue encaminado a una desaceleración,</STRONG> a pesar de la mejora marginal en el subíndice principal del PMI impulsado por una aceleración en la producción después del Año Nuevo chino", dijo Qu Hongbin, economista jefe de HSBC para China.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">"Con un rebote significativo de la demanda interna aún no a la vista, <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">la debilidad externa está empezando a tener un impacto,</STRONG> añadiendo <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">más riesgos para el crecimiento.</STRONG> <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">El banco central chino</STRONG>, después de entregar el primer recorte en las reservas bancarias del año, <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">debe intensificar el relajamiento de la política, en momentos en que las presiones inflacionarias siguen debilitándose</STRONG>", agregó.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">El <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">subíndice de los nuevos pedidos de exportación bajó a 47.4 </STRONG>en <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">febrero desde 50.4 en enero</STRONG>, con la crisis de la <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">deuda europea arrojado una sombra sobre las exportaciones chinas.</STRONG><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">El <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">subíndice de producción subió a 50.1 en febrero desde 47.6 en enero</STRONG>. <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Los nuevos pedidos se mantuvieron planos en 49.1</STRONG>.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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      <title><![CDATA[Acusan a Apple de haber actuado con deshonestidad al adquirir los derechos sobre el nombre de iPad de su filial de Taiwán]]></title>
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<P style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 30px" align=center><B style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 30px">Acusan a Apple de haber actuado con deshonestidad al adquirir los derechos sobre el nombre de iPad de su filial de Taiwán</B></P></FONT>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Shenzhen Proview Technology, la compañía china que entabló una demanda contra Apple en el país asiático sobre el uso de la marca registrada iPad, estaría dispuesta a negociar en busca de un acuerdo, reveló este martes el abogado de la empresa.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Xie Xianghui, abogado de Proview, explicó que, debido a que no se ha llegado a una decisión final tras varias disputas legales sobre el asunto, ambas partes "aún podrían sentarse y llegar a un acuerdo fuera de la corte".</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Proview reclama la propiedad del nombre iPad, mientras que Apple asegura que en el 2009 adquirió los derechos sobre el nombre en China y otros países, pero que Proview no transfirió los derechos en China continental, como se había acordado.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Apple no hizo comentarios sobre la posibilidad de un acuerdo; su vocera, Carolyn Wu, reiteró que la compañía está convencida de que Proview no cumplió con el acuerdo que tenía con Apple.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Proview acusa a Apple de haber actuado con deshonestidad al adquirir los derechos sobre el nombre de iPad de su filial de Taiwán y busca impedir la venta de las populares computadoras tipo tableta en China.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Ha presentado demandas legales en varias partes y pedido que las autoridades comerciales impidan las ventas del iPad en 40 ciudades.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Una audiencia está programada para el miércoles en una corte de Shanghai; mientras tanto, Apple apeló un fallo previo de una corte en Shenzhen, ciudad de la provincia de Cantón en el sur de China.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">La Corte Suprema de Cantón tiene planeada una audiencia sobre el caso para el 29 de febrero.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">De acuerdo con Xie, un tribunal en Huizhou, otra ciudad de Cantón, resolvió a finales de la semana pasada que los distribuidores debían suspender la venta de iPad en China.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Apple, con sede en Cupertino, California, insiste en que cuenta con los derechos de marca registrada para el iPad en China, los que adquirió por 55 mil dólares a través de una compañía creada para tal propósito.</FONT></P>
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      <pubDate>2012-2-21</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Patentan poco los mexicanos]]></title>
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<P style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 30px" align=center><B style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 30px">Patentan poco los mexicanos</B></P></FONT>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Los inventores mexicanos registran el nivel más bajo de patentamiento en el País, ya que en 2011, del total de solicitudes presentadas ante el Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial (IMPI), sólo 23 por ciento fueron otorgadas, mientras que los franceses lograron recibir 100 por ciento de las solicitadas.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">De acuerdo con el documento 'IMPI en cifras 2012', de enero a diciembre de 2011 México solicitó ante el IMPI el registro de mil 65 patentes, pero el Instituto le otorgó sólo 245.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Presentación insuficiente, omisión de datos, dibujos poco claros, información incompleta en la descripción de la invención, debido a la falta de asesoría, dan como consecuencia el rechazo en el otorgamiento de una patente, señalan expertos y autoridades del IMPI.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Fabián Salazar, director divisional de Patentes del IMPI, dijo que entre los errores más comunes que presentan las solicitudes de patente de mexicanos es que el inventor pretende patentar un invento que ya existe, pero no se dio cuenta porque no realizó una búsqueda de manera adecuada.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Otro error es que, por la desconfianza que tienen los inventores en la autoridad administrativa, no describen clara y completamente su invento, por miedo a que se los vayan a copiar, y ante esta ambigüedad o falta de claridad, la autoridad se los rechaza.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Salazar dijo que también hay errores de presentación, como por ejemplo en los márgenes de las cuartillas, el tamaño de la letra, el espacio entre líneas en cada sección, los dibujos, o los diagramas, los cuales no se presentan conforme la normatividad establecida por el IMPI.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Ignacio Núñez, inventor mexicano que ha logrado patentar dos de sus inventos y tiene en proceso otros tres, explicó que en 1994, cuando acudió solo al IMPI para solicitar la patente de un sistema de compresión de voz para celular, el Instituto se lo rechazó porque cometió varios errores.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">'Fueron errores en los dibujos, me pidieron que los hiciera más claros, por lo que volví a hacerlos; luego cometí otros errores en el llenado de la solicitud; ahora ya aprendí, y en las últimas invenciones ya he ido acompañado de mi abogado para asegurar que todo esté correcto y que sea más rápido el proceso', comentó.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Según Salazar, el problema es justamente la falta de asesoría que reciben los inventores, quienes por lo general acuden solos al IMPI para presentar sus solicitudes de patente.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">'En porcentaje sí es mucho mayor (la cantidad de patentes que se otorgan a extranjeros), porque en México las solicitudes las presentan inventores independientes sólos, sin recibir asesoría, y presentan muchas deficiencias, tanto de forma como de fondo.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Carlos Pérez de la Sierra, abogado especialista en propiedad intelectual, explicó que los países europeos le llevan ventaja a México en cuanto a la preparación de las solicitudes de patente, de ahí que el porcentaje de aceptación sea mayor.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "></FONT><BR><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow">Grupo Reforma</FONT> </FONT></P>
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      <title><![CDATA[Recomienda OCDE  bajar costo de roaming]]></title>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing align=center><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ES-MX"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 30px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow">Recomienda OCDE bajar costo de roaming<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"></FONT></SPAN></P></o:p></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ES-MX"><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ES-MX"><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow">Carla Martínez<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ES-MX"><o:p><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px" size=3>&nbsp;</FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ES-MX"><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow">Un reciente estudio de la OCDE reveló que los usuarios tienen que pagar precios arriba de 25 dólares por bajar 1 mega de datos a través del roaming<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ES-MX"><o:p><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px" size=3>&nbsp;</FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ES-MX"><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow">Los gobiernos deben implementar acciones para disminuir los precios del roaminginternacional que se cobran a los usuarios, señaló la Organización para la Cooperación y Desarrollo Económicos (OCDE).<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ES-MX"><o:p><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px" size=3>&nbsp;</FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ES-MX"><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow">"Los gobiernos deben de hacer más para incrementar la competencia en el mercado de roaming móvil internacional para disminuir los altos precios que tienen que ser pagados por los usuarios y consumidores", indicó la OCDE en un comunicado.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ES-MX"><o:p><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px" size=3>&nbsp;</FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ES-MX"><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow">Agregó que a pesar de que en los mercados locales suele haber competencia, cuando los usuarios viajan, los precios deroaming en telefonía móvil se incrementan considerablemente .<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ES-MX"><o:p><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px" size=3>&nbsp;</FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ES-MX"><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow">"Un reciente estudio de la OCDE reveló que precios arriba de 25 dólares tenían que ser pagados por bajar 1 mega de datos a través del roaming", refirió el organismo internacional.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ES-MX"><o:p><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px" size=3>&nbsp;</FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ES-MX"><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow">"La recomendación de la OCDE dice que promover la información transparente sobre los precios de roaming podría proteger a consumidores y negocios", destacó.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ES-MX"><o:p><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow" size=3>Grupo Reforma</FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lessons of the 40 years since Nixon went to China]]></title>
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<P align=center><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 30px">Lessons of the 40 years since Nixon went to China</FONT></P></STRONG></EM>
<P class=cnnEditorialNote><EM><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Editor's note:</STRONG> Kenneth Lieberthal is senior fellow and director of the John L. Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institution. He served as special assistant to the president for national security affairs and senior director for Asia on the National Security Council from August 1998 to October 2000. He is the co-author of the forthcoming book, "Bending History: Barack Obama's Foreign Policy."</FONT></FONT></EM></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">(CNN)</STRONG> -- Pretty much everything has changed in U.S.-China relations since Richard Nixon and Premier Zhou Enlai signed the Shanghai Communiqué 40 years ago on February 21, 1972.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Nixon's goals were purely geostrategic. By cultivating China, he sought most of all to put pressure on North Vietnam to come to terms to achieve his promised "peace with honor" there, hopefully before the November election. He also sought, through China, to pressure Moscow to embrace détente and thus put America in the catbird seat in relations with the two communist behemoths.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">China had different priorities -- most of all, Beijing wanted to stiffen President Nixon's spine to oppose Soviet aggression and therefore to reduce Moscow's threat to China.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">In the 1980s, Beijing got its way with Ronald Reagan, who came into office as an anti-Soviet crusader. Indeed, President Reagan aligned U.S. strategic interests with China so closely that America began military sales to Beijing. But in 1989 everything changed. President George H.W. Bush, just inaugurated and planning to move U.S.-China relations to a new level, saw this goal cut short by the brutal suppression of demonstrators at Tiananmen on June 4, 1989. As China transitioned from being America's darling reforming communist country to being its poster child for communist repression, the Soviet Bloc (and soon afterward, the Soviet Union itself) unraveled.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Not only did the Soviet collapse rob U.S.-China relations of their underlying strategic rationale, post-Tiananmen repression in China introduced human rights as a major political factor in the relationship. Every American human rights organization expended much effort in the 1990s to attach China somehow to that agenda and thus increase its own visibility and emotional power.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">This made it far more difficult to deal with Beijing, especially as the Chinese connected this human rights agenda directly to an American objective to bring down the Communist Party's rule. The result was deep mutual distrust.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Deng Xiaoping in 1992 set the country again on a course of reform to generate rapid growth, which he viewed as critical to maintain the party's rule. Economics now moved to the center of U.S.-China relations.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Where in the 1970s the Nixon administration could ignore China's horrendous human rights abuses under Mao to achieve American geopolitical ends, starting in the 1990s, America pursued economic gains in China in part with the hope that these would also lay the foundation for democratic evolution there. This took place in the context of overwhelming American economic and technological superiority, further enhanced by the information revolution that America also led.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">This history highlights a core reality: the U.S.-China relationship has never sustained one rationale or focus for very long. It has periodically adapted to major developments in the international environment and in domestic politics. None of those changes has come easily. Each sowed apprehension, distrust and deep doubts about the future.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">We are now at another such turning point. Both sides look to the future knowing that we are deeply interdependent but also deeply conflicted economically and have no common strategic enemy to bind us.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">The people of each country interact on a scale never before achieved, but caricatures often replace realistic images in shaping popular opinions in both countries. Perhaps most challenging, both countries know they cannot continue to pursue the economic policies that have worked to date, yet neither is confident that it can make the changes necessary to thrive in the future.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">In sum, U.S.-China relations now encompass real interdependence but also deep mutual distrust, with unusually large uncertainties about each country's future prospects -- including the future power balance. Allowing strategic drift at this point will likely lead to our moving further apart, while our degree of success in getting our respective economic houses in order will deeply affect future economic and trade relations.</FONT></P>
<P><A href="http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/21/opinion/lieberthal-china-us-40-years/index.html?iphoneemail"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 12px">http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/21/opinion/lieberthal-china-us-40-years/index.html?iphoneemail</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">In the absence of a major threat to bind China and the United States, we face the danger of making each other the threat we must guard against. That may prove unavoidable, but it will also achieve, at best, limited and very costly long-term security.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">This is not the year to look for serious progress. China will witness a 70% turnover in its top party, government and military bodies in the coming 13 months, and nobody wants to take major new initiatives now.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">In America, China policy has become a part of the election debate over how to make America bounce back. With Mitt Romney adopting very tough trade and military positions to force China to change its policies, President Obama has committed America to maintain its leadership role in Asia and demanded that China "play by the rules of the game." He is establishing a body to rigorously enforce America's trade rules against "countries like China." The net result of the coming 12 months is likely to be deeper distrust in U.S.-China relations.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">To have the U.S.-China relationship again adapt for the future, therefore, both sides should begin to lay the groundwork to begin serious, long-term engagement as of 2013 around a core topic: What are each country's core requirements to assure its own overall security in Asia, and how can each side meet those requirements without posing an unacceptable threat to the other?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">The economic changes each needs to make are remarkably in the interests of the other, too. To adapt U.S.-China relations for the future in the economic and trade side, we should initiate what will be prolonged and difficult negotiations for a bilateral investment treaty and for a U.S.-China free trade agreement.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">The negotiating process on both security and economic issues can itself help move policies and sentiments in the right directions.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">U.S.-China relations have never been smooth, but they have served both countries' interests very well over the past 40 years. Now they must adapt again, and it is still worth the effort to make this happen.</FONT></P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">
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      <title><![CDATA[Prevén dinamismo exportador]]></title>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow">Ulises Díaz<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow">El crecimiento del comercio exterior mexicano crecerá a tasa anual promedio de 3.32 por ciento los próximos años, estima HSBC.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow">El comercio exterior de México crecerá a tasas anualizadas de 3.32 por ciento entre 2012 y 2016 y aumentará a 5.61 por ciento anualizado entre 2017 y 2021 dado que la economía internacional recuperará completamente la estabilidad, estima el banco HSBC.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow">La proyección para el País considera que el crecimiento será constante, tanto en importaciones y exportaciones, y se apoyará en nichos como el sector automotriz y electrónico, estima el reporte 'HSBC Global Connections: pronóstico del comercio internacional de México'.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow">'Esto es resultado del fortalecimiento de las relaciones de México con sus contrapartes comerciales principalmente con los EUA, al igual que otras economías desarrolladas y emergentes. El crecimiento anual de México para los siguientes 15 años es definitivamente positivo, por lo cual las empresas tendrán que incrementar sus actividades internacionales para mantener este ritmo', precisa el texto.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow">El reporte supone que el comercio mundial tendrá una recuperación más rápida que otros sectores y que a partir de 2014, cuando el actual clima de incertidumbre económica se aclare, comenzará una etapa de mayor dinamismo, que estará en línea con el crecimiento del PIB.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow">En los próximos cinco años la tasa de crecimiento del comercio mundial crecerá en promedio anual a 3.78 por ciento mientras que para el periodo 2017 y 2021 el aumento será de 6.23 por ciento anual.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow">'La fortaleza en ambos lados del comercio en México, tanto en las exportaciones como en las importaciones, tiene como reto construir una mayor presencia comercial fuera de Norteamérica, El índice de crecimiento mayor refleja una recuperación en el comercio internacional después del 2015, la cual estará fomentada por una aceleración del comercio en Latinoamérica y Asía Pacífico', indica el documento.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow">Este banco estima que Estados Unidos seguirá siendo el principal socio comercial del País pero otros comenzarán a ganar terreno dentro de la dinámica comercial, como Alemania, economía con la cual se fortalecerán las relaciones debido a la integración de la cadena de producción automotriz, o Brasil y China, por las cadenas de suministro automotriz y de electrónicos.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">También agrega que, a causa de los centros de producción de alto valor agregado y la necesidad de ampliar la proveeduría, se acentuará la relación con otros mercados emergentes que actualmente no juegan un rol primario entre</FONT> </FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow">los socios mexicanos, como Vietnam, Indonesia, Polonia, Hungría y Nigeria.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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      <title><![CDATA[La comunidad internacional ha fallado en responder a los retos globales]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=146</link>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: center 220.95pt left 327.0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: " 22.5pt? FONT-SIZE: black; COLOR: Narrow?,?sans-serif?; Arial><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 30px">La comunidad internacional ha fallado en responder a los retos globales</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">LOS CABOS, BCS.- La comunidad internacional ha fallado en responder a los retos globales que afectan a los ciudadanos en su día a día por lo que es imperativo fortalecer la gobernancia global, advirtió ayer la Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores, Patricia Espinosa, ante Ministros de Relaciones Exteriores y diplomáticos de 30 países.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">'Hay muchos asuntos importantes que afectan las vidas de millones de personas alrededor del mundo, a los que la comunidad internacional está fallando en hacer algún progreso perceptible: de la erradicación de la pobreza y el analfabetismo, a la promoción efectiva del crecimiento verde y el desarrollo sustentable, a la necesidad de suprimir las peores formas de violencia, al fortalecimiento del Estado de Derecho, tanto doméstica como internacionalmente', mencionó la Canciller mexicana.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Durante la inauguración de la Reunión Informal de Cancilleres del Grupo de los 20 (G20), Espinosa dijo que será fundamental que la agrupación responda a estos retos globales, dando resultados.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">'Si el G20 quiere permanecer relevante y demostrar su capacidad de influencia, tiene que producir resultados en varias áreas que trastocan la vida diaria de millones de personas alrededor del mundo', afirmó.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Dijo que el siglo 20 dejó un legado que aceleró el proceso de interdependencia, pero que en la actualidad, el mundo está viviendo una era de globalización económica en medio de la fragmentación política, en el que los intereses individuales a menudo toman preferencia sobre las necesidades colectivas.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">'Parece haber un escepticismo creciente respecto a la misma posibilidad de acciones concertadas', denunció.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Señaló que si bien es natural que los países promuevan sus propios intereses, éstos deben hacerlo tomando en cuenta las necesidades globales, pues la naturaleza de muchos de los asuntos internacionales más urgentes no tienen fronteras, lo que hace imperativo que los países individuales asuman esos asuntos como suyos y no como los problemas de alguien más.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Manifestó que cada vez más gente alrededor del mundo pierde la fe en la capacidad de la comunidad internacional de responder a las necesidades de los ciudadanos ordinarios.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Dijo que si bien en los últimos años los Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno del G20 han sostenido muchas reuniones, relacionadas al tema del desarrollo, no se han promovido acciones concretas sobre el terreno.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Señaló que la maquinaria internacional permanece como la única manera legítima para adoptar decisiones que requieren de la aceptación global, sin embargo, dijo que la evidencia demuestra que el sistema internacional requiere liderazgo para llegar a resultados, mismo que puede provenir del G20.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">'Una de las metas del Gobierno de México en la Presidencia del G20 es mejorar la manera en que la maquinaria trabaja', dijo.</FONT></P>
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      <title><![CDATA[Reunión Informal de Cancilleres G-20 ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=147</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<P align=center><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 30px">Reunión Informal de Cancilleres G-20 </FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Participantes </FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">La Reunión Informal de Cancilleres del G20 cuenta con la participación de 31 delegaciones: </FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Ministros</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">1. Alemania, Guido Westerwelle</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">2. Arabia Saudita, Nizar Bin Obeid Madani</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">3. Argentina, Héctor Marcos Timerman</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">4. Australia, Kevin Rudd</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">5. Azerbaiayán, Elmar Mammadyarov</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">6. Benin, Nassirou Bako Arifari</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">7. Camboya, Hor Namhong</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">8. Canadá, John Baird</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">9. Chile, Alfredo Moreno Charme</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">10. Colombia, María Angela Holguín</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">11. Emiratos Árabe Unidos, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">12. España, José M. García-Margallo</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">13. Estados Unidos, Hillary Clinton</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">14. México, Patricia Espinosa</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">15. Noruega, Jonas Gahr Store</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">16. Singapur, Shanmugam Kasiviswanatha</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">17. Sudáfrica, Maite Nkoana</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">18. Turquía, Ahmet Davutoglu</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">19. Unión Europea, Catherine Ashton</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Viceministros y Embajadores</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">··Brasil, China, Corea, India, Italia, Japón, Reino Unido, Unión Africana, Argelia, Indonesia, Rusia</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">*Francia representada por un funcionario con nivel de director.</FONT></P>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sube informalidad entre profesionistas]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=148</link>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: center 220.95pt left 327.0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing align=center><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 30px"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 30px">Sube informalidad entre profesionistas</SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P></FONT>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Cd. de México, México, En el cuarto trimestre del 2011, había en la informalidad 108 mil 160 profesionistas, cifra 17.5 por ciento mayor a lo registrado en el mismo periodo de un año previo, revelaron estadísticas de la Encuesta Nacional de Ocupación y Empleo (ENOE) del Inegi. </FONT></P>
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<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px"></FONT></P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">En contraste, el empleo de profesionistas en empresas y negocios creció en 6.3 por ciento anual, menos de la mitad de lo que avanzó la informalidad. </FONT>
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<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px"></FONT></P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Además los profesionistas informales vieron mejores ofertas de trabajo en términos monetarios, pues aquellos que reciben ingreso de 2 a 3 salarios mínimos se duplicaron, mientras que en las empresas formales apenas crecieron en 0.6 por ciento en el mismo lapso. </FONT>
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<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px"></FONT></P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">En 2011 la informalidad llegó a un récord, pues se incrementó en 13.4 por ciento. </FONT>
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<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px"></FONT></P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Para Clemente Ruiz, investigador y catedrático de la UNAM, el gran problema radica en la desorganización que existe en el mercado laboral mexicano. </FONT>
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<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px"></FONT></P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">"La normatividad para la contratación está mal planteada, a pesar de la Ley Federal del Trabajo y la Constitución. Por ello, el número de contratos ha disminuido", explicó. </FONT>
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<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px"></FONT></P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">La especialista indicó que esta distorsión en el mercado laboral provoca que muchos acepten trabajar en la informalidad a cambio de obtener mayores ingresos, a pesar de no contar con un contrato escrito. </FONT>
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<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px"></FONT></P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">"La regulación se ha hecho laxa y los empresarios se atreven a plantear a los trabajadores contratos de manera informal, que hacerlo de forma directa. Aparentemente les ofrecen mayores sueldos, pero la diferencia es mínima respecto a los empleos registrados ante el IMSS y con prestaciones", precisó. </FONT>
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<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px"></FONT></P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Ruiz advirtió que éste será un problema para los nuevos profesionistas hasta que no se replantee el tema. </FONT>
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<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px"></FONT></P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Una encuesta de la firma Randstad reveló datos sobre los niveles académicos que presenta la población ocupada en el País y el tiempo que duran en permanecer sin empleo. </FONT>
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<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px"></FONT></P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">El 60 por ciento de los encuestados indicaron que no cuentan con el respaldo académico que requiere el mercado laboral, 22 por ciento ostenta un título profesional, 13 por ciento tiene una certificación de carrera técnica y sólo 6 por ciento cuenta con estudios de posgrado. </FONT>
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<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px"></FONT></P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">El sondeo señaló que la duración del desempleo es muy baja, pues los mexicanos se emplean en donde pueden. </FONT>
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<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">El 16 por ciento tiene más de un año sin trabajar, pero 59 por ciento tiene menos de medio año desempleado y 25 por ciento que tiene trabajo, busca otra opción.</FONT></P>
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      <title><![CDATA[Apuesta Pfizer por genéricos en China]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=149</link>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: center 220.95pt left 327.0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing align=center><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 30px"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 30px; mso-ansi-language: ES-CL" lang=ES-CL>Pfizer considera alianzas con más farmacéuticas chinas</SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P></FONT>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Pfizer Inc está explorando más asociaciones con farmacéuticas chinas, mientras sigue con sus planes de vender más productos sin protección de patente en el mercado chino, tras lograr un acuerdo con una compañía que cotiza en Shanghái.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">"Estamos explorando oportunidades de desarrollo de negocios incluyendo sociedades con compañías locales que nos permitan expandirnos exitosamente en el área del mercado de genéricos", dijo un portavoz de Pfizer en respuesta a consultas hechas por Reuters.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">El fin de semana, el gigante farmacéutico reportó progresos en la empresa conjunta que planifica junto a la farmacéutica china Zhejiang Hisun Pharmaceutical para desarrollar y vender fármacos genéricos en China y el resto del mundo.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">El acuerdo se genera en un momento en que las principales farmacéuticas occidentales están expandiendo su presencia en China, con la esperanza de reducir costos y aumentar las ventas de productos de gran venta que pierden la protección de patentes en mercados occidentales.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Pfizer, que perdió la patente en Estados Unidos del producto contra el colesterol Lipitor -el fármaco de mejor venta del mundo- en noviembre pasado, dijo que el memorando de entendimiento con Hisun buscaba incrementar el acceso a medicamentos genéricos de alta calidad.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Jason Mann, jefe de la unidad de salud y farmacéutica de China de Barclays Capital, dijo que la unión beneficiaría a Pfizer porque Hisun es un productor líder de ingredientes farmacéuticos activos (API por su sigla en inglés), el contenido base de los productos.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">"En China hay un déficit de fabricantes de API de alta calidad. India es una base de manufactura de API más grande que China, pero las regulaciones y leyes tributarias chinas favorecen la manufactura de fármacos en China. Por eso los (productores de) API chinos pueden penetrar al mercado chino en una forma más eficiente en términos de costos", dijo Mann.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">La sociedad conjunta, de nombre Hisun Pfizer Pharmaceutical Co Ltd, propiedad en un 51 por ciento de Hisun y en un 49 por ciento de Pfizer, desarrollará, fabricará y comercializará productos farmacéuticos sin protección de patentes en China y en otros mercados.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Su inversión agregada y capital registrado será de 295 millones de dólares y de 250 millones de dólares, respectivamente, dijo Pfizer.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">El mercado de los fármacos de prescripción en China, que va camino a ser el segundo mayor del mundo para el 2020, se estima tendrá un valor superior a los 110.000 millones de dólares el 2015, desde los 50.000 millones de dólares del 2010, según varios investigadores del sector.</FONT></P>
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      <title><![CDATA[Precio del petróleo abre en máximo de 9 meses en Nueva York]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=142</link>
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<P style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 30px" align=center><STRONG>Precio del petróleo abre en máximo de 9 meses en Nueva York</STRONG></P><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><B style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">
<P><B><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Al comienzo de la sesión el crudo WTI se cotizó en 105,04 dólares.</FONT> </B></P></B></FONT></FONT>
<P><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><B style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Nueva York.-</B> Los precios del petróleo abrieron el martes en Nueva York en su máximo de 9 meses, mientras que persistía la tensión por el programa nuclear iraní y los inversores se mostraban optimistas tras el anuncio de un acuerdo europeo para Grecia. <BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Hacia las 14H05 GMT, el barril de 'light sweet crude' (WTI) para entrega en marzo avanzaba 1,80 dólares con respecto al viernes, a 105,04 dólares en el New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex). Esta es su mayor cotización desde el 4 de mayo de 2011, reseñó AFP. <BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">'¡El petróleo explota!', dijo Rich Ilczyszyn, analista de ITrader. 'Pienso que acabamos de superar una nueva marca y que el petróleo desde ahora va a tener como nivel de base los 100 dólares', observó. <BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">En Londres el crudo Brent subía un 0,34 por ciento, a 120,46 dólares por barril a las 1421 GMT, tras cerrar el lunes arriba de los 120 dólares por primera vez desde el 15 de junio del año pasado.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">En el origen de esta subida se encontraría 'un ataque de pánico' causado por el pulso de acero entre Occidente e Irán, explicó Phil Flynn, de PFG Best Research. <BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Teherán anunció la interrupción de las exportaciones de bruto iraní a Francia y Reino Unido, y amenaza con tomar las mismas medidas para el resto de países europeos, lo que deja a los inversionistas</FONT></FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px"> temiendo un incremento de las tensiones en los suministros petroleros a Europa. </FONT></P>
<P><A href="http://www.eluniversal.com/economia/120221/precio-del-petroleo-abre-en-maximo-de-9-meses-en-nueva-york"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow">http://www.eluniversal.com/economia/120221/precio-del-petroleo-abre-en-maximo-de-9-meses-en-nueva-york</FONT></A></P>]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Moneda y bolsa México ganan por optimismo Grecia, medidas China]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=132</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<P align=center><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 30px">Moneda y bolsa México ganan por optimismo Grecia, medidas China</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">* Mercados avanzan en jornada de bajo volumen</FONT></P><SPAN id=midArticle_0></SPAN>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">* Peso y bolsa siguen operando en rangos acotados</FONT></P><SPAN id=midArticle_1></SPAN>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px" class=articleLocation>MEXICO DF, 20 feb</SPAN> (Reuters) - La moneda y la bolsa de México avanzaron el lunes, apoyadas en la expectativa de que las autoridades europeas den luz verde para que Grecia reciba un urgente rescate financiero y en la decisión de China de lanzar medidas de estímulo económico.</FONT></FONT></P><SPAN id=midArticle_2></SPAN>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Funcionarios del Gobierno griego y de la troika de acreedores seguían el lunes negociando con los bancos la posibilidad de que asuman una quita mayor en el canje de deuda del país que acompañará el segundo rescate, dijo una fuente del Ministerio de Finanzas griego.</FONT></P><SPAN id=midArticle_3></SPAN>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Según un informe de la troika, Grecia necesitará ayuda adicional si pretende reducir su deuda al 120 por ciento del PIB para el 2020, y en caso de que no emprenda reformas estructurales y otras medidas, sus pasivos podrían llegar al 160 por ciento para ese año.</FONT></P><SPAN id=midArticle_4></SPAN>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">"Tienen que buscar una reestructura más agresiva, que de algún modo no esté todo centrado en un plan de ayuda que va a funcionar como una aspirina", comentó Mario Copca, analista de CI Casa de Bolsa.</FONT></P><SPAN id=midArticle_5></SPAN>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">El peso mexicano cerró en 12.6932 por dólar, con una ganancia del 0.51 por ciento o 6.48 centavos, frente a los 12.7580 pesos del precio de referencia de Reuters del viernes.</FONT></P><SPAN id=midArticle_6></SPAN>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">En tanto, China dispuso el sábado un recorte en la cantidad de dinero que los bancos deben tener en sus reservas, elevando la capacidad de crédito.</FONT></P><SPAN id=midArticle_7></SPAN>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Ambas noticias animaron las apuestas por la moneda local en una jornada de muy baja liquidez y pocas operaciones, debido al cierre de los mercados financieros de Estados Unidos por un feriado.</FONT></P><SPAN id=midArticle_8></SPAN>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">El rango de operación estimado para el peso mexicano en la semana está entre 12.60 y 12.85 unidades por dólar.</FONT></P><SPAN id=midArticle_0></SPAN>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px"></FONT></P><SPAN id=midArticle_1></SPAN>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">BOLSA SUBE CON POCO VOLUMEN</FONT></P><SPAN id=midArticle_2></SPAN>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">La bolsa mexicana, por su parte, trepó con fuerza en una jornada de poca negociación. El índice bursátil IPC subió un 1.01 por ciento, a 38,296.68 puntos.</FONT></P><SPAN id=midArticle_3></SPAN>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">"Tranquilo el mercado, volumen bajo, licuando las noticias de Grecia y China, desgraciadamente no hay volumen", comentó Gerardo Román, jefe de mesa de capitales de Actinver.</FONT></P><SPAN id=midArticle_4></SPAN>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">En el mercado local, las acciones de Grupo México , uno de los mayores productores de cobre en el mundo, ascendieron un 1.79 por ciento, a 40.96 pesos, impulsadas por el alza del metal en la Bolsa de Metales de Londres.</FONT></P><SPAN id=midArticle_5></SPAN>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Los títulos de América Móvil , los de más peso en la plaza local, ganaron un 1.60 por ciento, a 15.24 pesos.</FONT></P><SPAN id=midArticle_6></SPAN>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">En tanto, la farmacéutica mexicana Genomma Lab dijo el lunes que solicitó la suspensión de sus acciones de la Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, debido a que existen eventos relevantes pendientes de ser informados.</FONT></P><SPAN id=midArticle_7></SPAN>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">"La noticia del día es Lab, todos estamos esperando qué es lo que va anunciar", agregó Román. (Reporte de Lizbeth Salazar y Jean Luis Arce, con reporte adicional de Rachel Uranga)</FONT></P><SPAN id=midArticle_8></SPAN>
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      <title><![CDATA[Walmart ups stake in China e-commerce group]]></title>
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<P style="FONT-FAMILY: Century Gothic; FONT-SIZE: 30px" align=center><B style="FONT-FAMILY: Century Gothic; FONT-SIZE: 30px">Walmart ups stake in China e-commerce group</B></P>
<P style="FONT-FAMILY: Century Gothic; FONT-SIZE: 30px" align=center></B></FONT></FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><B style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">(Financial Times)</B> -- Walmart is taking a 51% stake in Yihaodian, a leading Chinese e-commerce website, in a significant move by the U.S. retailer to boost its online presence in China.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Walmart did not disclose financial details for the partnership, which Neil Ashe, president and chief executive of Walmart Global e-commerce, said would help deliver a "superb customer experience" to consumers in China.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">"This is testament to how seriously Walmart is developing their e-commerce platform in China. Having a controlling stake obviously gives them a much more direct say in how Yihaodian expands," said Torsten Stocker, an analyst with the Monitor Group.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Founded in 2008, Yihaodian is one of the fastest growing companies in China, selling more than 180,000 products ranging from grocery items to consumer electronics and apparel. Yihaodian, in which Walmart already held a minority stake, runs logistics centers in Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Wuhan and Chengdu and is able to offer same-day and next-day delivery. The Chinese consumer e-commerce market is dominated by homegrown online retailer Taobao.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Walmart remains a relative novice in e-commerce in the United States where the market is led by Amazon. Online sales account for a tiny percentage of Walmart's total U.S. revenues, but in the past year it has sought to boost its in-house expertise by acquiring two U.S. technology companies: Kosmix, which specializes in organizing information from social media sites such as Facebook, and Small Society, which develops apps for mobile shopping.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">While Walmart's website sells dried and packaged food as well as general merchandise for delivery across the US, its only involvement in selling fresh food online is a small pilot program launched in San Jose, California, last year.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Walmart has more than 350 stores in China, where it has been making steady progress. In the three months to the end of October it reported a 16.1% increase in China sales from the previous year, but although individual shoppers were spending more money on each trip, visitor numbers were down 7.1%.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">The company this month appointed Greg Foran, a 30-year industry veteran, as the chief executive of its China business. Mr Foran will take over next month. His predecessor, Ed Chan, stepped down in October, the fourth senior-level departure for the China business in six months.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">In October, Walmart China closed its stores in Chongqing for a fortnight after the local government found it had mislabeled ordinary pork as organic. "Monitoring Walmart is as effective as punching cotton," Tang Chuan, head of enforcement at the Chongqing Administration of Industry and Commerce, told Xinhua news agency at the time.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Mr Ashe said that, in addition to helping Walmart's e-commerce goals in China, the increased investment in Yihaodian would "further contribute to China's domestic consumption, help stabilize prices, and advance expansion in the middle and western regions" of China -- a nod to Beijing's oft-repeated desire to make progress on these goals in the current Five Year plan.</FONT></P>
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      <title><![CDATA[Oportunidades entre China y México]]></title>
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<P style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 30px" align=center>Oportunidades entre China y México</P></FONT>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">De acuerdo con el Chinese Services Group de Deloitte, “se cree firmemente que quien nazca durante el Año del Dragón tendrá un brillante y exitoso futuro”, y como usted sabe, ese año comenzó a partir del 23 de enero pasado. También este año se cumple el 40 aniversario de las relaciones diplomáticas entre México y China y se prevén fortalecer las oportunidades de negocios en ambos mercados.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Deloitte dice que la necesidad de China para adquirir recursos mineros, y el atractivo de la industria de productos electrónicos y automotrices en México, “representan roles clave en las relaciones bilaterales de estos países”, pero que es importante revisar los productos, sectores, y mercados en donde el reto para ambas economías “podría forjar relaciones de comercio complementarias”.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Las estadísticas señalan que del total de exportaciones de México a China entre 2007 y junio de 2011, cerca de 60 por ciento pertenece al sector de la minería, 14 por ciento al automotriz y un 7 por ciento a bienes-insumos electrónicos: el cobre subió de 120 millones a más de 600 millones de pesos; el plomo de 20 a 146 millones y el hierro de 17 a 142 millones de pesos. Por el contrario, 50 por ciento de las importaciones mexicanas provenientes de China pertenecen a la industria de productos electrónicos y eléctricos: tres mil 500 millones de pesos en partes para pantallas planas; dos mil millones en equipo para máquinas automáticas para procesamiento de datos, digitales, portátiles, y más de cinco mil millones en circuitos modulares, láser y material eléctrico.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Los especialistas de Deloitte prevén que China continúe con un crecimiento superior a ocho por ciento; que gran parte de las empresas manufactureras tendrá que enfrentar la competencia en costos de producción y que las pymes busquen más acceso a capital de trabajo. Todo esto tendrán que analizarlo los emprendedores mexicanos.</FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Cuarto de junto</FONT></B></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">El modelo de Banca Privada de Santander fue reconocido como el mejor en Latinoamérica por la revista Euromoney, en la encuesta anual que realiza entre más de mil bancos privados en el mundo… La Fundación Grupo México ha transportado a través de Ferromex alrededor de 283 toneladas de insumos de primera necesidad para atender la emergencia de las comunidades de la Sierra Tarahumara. </FONT></P>
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      <title><![CDATA[China cuts bank reserve ratio to boost lending]]></title>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 18px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">Asia's emerging currencies can remain resilient, despite the euro crisis, says Peter </FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 18px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">Redward from Redward Associates </FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 18px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 16px"><o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><!-- END - caption --><!-- end of the embedded player component --><!-- Player embedded --><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 18px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">China's central bank has cut the amount of money banks must keep in reserve, in an effort to boost lending and sustain economic growth.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 18px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">The reserve requirements will fall half a percentage point from 24 February, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) said.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 18px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">Analysts said this could add as much as 400 billion yuan ($63.5bn; £40bn) to the financial system.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 18px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">The Chinese economy is showing signs of slowing as Europe's debt crisis hurts Chinese exports.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 18px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 18px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px" class=cross-head2><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 16px; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Slow and steady</STRONG></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 16px; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US> <o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 18px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">China's ruling Communist Party is trying to sustain growth in the second-largest economy in the world, whilst continuing to rein in consumer prices.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 18px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">Inflation hit a three-year high in July last year, but has since fallen to 4.5% in January.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 18px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">The government warned that inflation still remained above target.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 18px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">'Policy easing will be gradual given the central bank sounded cautious about inflation in its fourth-quarter monetary policy report”<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 18px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 16px; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT>&nbsp;</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" id=story_continues_2 class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 18px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">'Economic downward pressures co-exist with price rise pressures,' said Jin Qi, an assistant governor with PBOC, in comments published on Sunday.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 18px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">Analysts said his words meant that further easing would come slowly.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 18px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">'Policy easing will be gradual given the central bank sounded cautious about inflation in its fourth-quarter monetary policy report,' said Hua Zhongwei from Huachuang Securities in Beijing. <o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 18px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">The last reserve requirement cut in November was the first since 2008.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 18px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 18px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px" class=cross-head2><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 16px; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Property pressure</STRONG></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 16px; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US> <o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 18px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">The need to tame prices comes after an earlier stimulus that increased inflationary pressures including on the housing market.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 18px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">Chinese authorites are trying to balance downward economic pressures with high consumer prices <o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 18px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Black"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">Data released on Saturday indicated that property prices were continuing to cool off.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 18px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Black"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">Prices failed to rise in any of the 70 cities the National Burea</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 18px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Black"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">u of Statistics monitors as part of its economic assessements. Chinese authorites do not provide a national average.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT face=Calibri><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Black"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">However according to calculations carried out by Reuters news agency, average</FONT> home prices fell 0.2% in January from December, dropping for the fourth straight month</FONT></FONT></FONT>.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><A href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17093005"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17093005</FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S., Mexico agree on border energy development]]></title>
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<DIV class=cnnByline><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">By the <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">CNN Wire Staff</STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">(CNN)</STRONG> -- The United States and Mexico agreed Monday to work cooperatively on exploring and developing oil and natural gas reserves along their maritime border.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar attended the signing of the pact known as the Transboundary Agreement in Los Cabos, Mexico, with Patricia Espinosa, the Mexican foreign relations minister.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">The agreement requires approval by the U.S. and Mexican national legislatures.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">According to a statement by the U.S. Interior Department, the agreement will open up almost 1.5 million acres of U.S. outer continental shelf to exploration and development of oil and natural gas reserves.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">The area, roughly the size of Delaware, is estimated by the Interior Department's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to contain up to 172 million barrels of oil and 304 billion cubic feet of natural gas, the department statement said.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">'This agreement makes available promising areas in the resource-rich Gulf of Mexico and establishes a clear process by which both governments can provide the necessary oversight to ensure exploration and development activities are conducted safely,' Salazar said in the statement.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">The Transboundary Agreement creates a framework for Mexico's state-owned Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) to work with U.S. oil and gas companies in developing the maritime boundary area.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">It follows the commitment last year by U.S. President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon to work out an agreement on developing the maritime border reserves.</FONT></P>
<P><A href="http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/20/us/mexico-oil/index.html?iphoneemail"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow">http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/20/us/mexico-oil/index.html?iphoneemail</FONT></A></P></DIV></DIV>]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[JAC Motors abrirá planta de ensamble en México]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=139</link>
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<P style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 30px" align=center><B style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 30px">JAC Motors abrirá planta de ensamble en México</B></P></FONT>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">En la planta de Culiacán, Sinaloa ensamblará modelos de camiones con motores Cumminis Euro IV, Clase 5 y Clase 6; prevé colocar 200 unidades este 2012.</FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Finsat</STRONG><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Identificado como <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">uno de los diez primeros grandes fabricantes de la industria china de automóviles, JAC Motors</STRONG> planea abrir antes de que termine el primer semestre de este año, su planta de ensamble de camiones ligeros en Culiacán, Sinaloa, como parte de su plan de expansión en el mercado de Latinoamérica.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Las primeras referencias de la empresa ensambladas en México en la <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">planta de Culiacán, Sinaloa</STRONG> con una capacidad de producción cercana a las 60 unidades mensuales, serán los modelos de camiones con motores Cumminis Euro IV, Clase 5 y Clase 6. La firma busca atender la creciente demanda de los puntos de venta al por menos, donde espera colocar unas 200 unidades este 2012.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Este es <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">el segundo paso</STRONG> en la estrategia de expansión de la firma china hacia su penetración en Latinoamérica, luego de que en agosto del año pasado anunció la construcción de una planta de producción en Brasil con una inversión de 600 millones de dólares junto con su socio SHC Group.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Ahora en México, en la planta ubicada en la zona del Pacífico, le <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">facilita la logística para la recepción de las autopartes procedentes de China</STRONG>. Aunque en la primera etapa su interés es atender el mercado local, contempla la posibilidad en el mediano plazo de atender una buena parte del mercado latinoamericano.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Durante 2011, JAC Motors exportó 66 mil 258 vehículos, un crecimiento de 207% y sus exportaciones representaron el 8.1% del total de las ventas externas de la industria china. Al mercado latinoamericano exportó 55,000 unidades, 419% más que el año anterior. A Brasil exportó entre marzo y diciembre cerca de 21 mil vehículos y a México trajo cerca de 500 camiones ligeros.</FONT></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><I><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Redactor: Margarita Vega</FONT></I></P>
<P><A href="http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/index.php?option=com_k2&amp;view=item&amp;id=5715&amp;Itemid=26"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 12px">http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/index.php?option=com_k2&amp;view=item&amp;id=5715&amp;Itemid=26</FONT></A></P></DIV>]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Inicia reunión informal de Cancilleres del G-20]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=133</link>
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<P style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 30px" align=center>Inicia reunión informal de Cancilleres del G-20</P></FONT>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Notimex</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">LOS CABOS, México, feb. 19, 2012.- La Reunión Informal de Cancilleres del G20 inicia aquí este domingo, diseñada para darle fuerza política a los acuerdos, a través de un diálogo franco y abierto.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">A la reunión que se celebra en la misma localidad donde se convocó el G20, está confirmada la asistencia de los cancilleres de todos los países del grupo, incluyendo a la secretaria de Estado de Estados Unidos, Hillary Clinton.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Además, en un espíritu incluyente, México invitó a los cancilleres de Benin, país que preside ahora la Unión Africana; Camboya, presidente temporal de la Asociación de Naciones del Sudeste Asiático (ANSEA), así como de Chile, Colombia y España.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Estos últimas naciones serán invitadas permanentes de los eventos del Grupo, en tanto México ocupe la presidencia.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">De acuerdo con información de la cancillería, también están invitados Argelia, Austria, Azerbaiyán, Emiratos Arabes Unidos, Kenia, Noruega y Singapur, en el mejor ánimo de discutir los retos del G20 en materia de gobernabilidad internacional. <BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Debido al carácter informal de estas discusiones, no se espera la redacción de un documento final, ni la adopción de una declaración conjunta, como suele ocurrir en los foros internacionales.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Sin embargo, la Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores (SRE) tiene previstas cuatro sesiones de trabajo con los siguientes temas: Gobernanza global: rompiendo los impasses en el sistema multilateral y Cómo abordar los problemas actuales en una manera eficiente.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">También, La construcción de un entendimiento común en un crecimiento verde y desarrollo sostenible, así como La construcción de las respuestas de gobernanza global para el desarrollo humano.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Según los documentos que la SRE ha elaborado como base de esta reunión informal, la idea es utilizar la fuerza política y liderazgo de los cancilleres para impulsar los temas del Grupo.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Sin embargo, no se trata de ninguna manera de sustituir la labor que hacen los 'sherpas' (expertos nombrados por los gobiernos para conducir el proceso del G20), sino contribuir de manera abierta y franca a un proceso de entendimiento.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Estas discusiones tendrán lugar el domingo y lunes aquí y se espera que abonen a que la reunión de junio de mandatarios del G20, encauce las soluciones para los problemas económicos del mundo.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">El G20 está compuesto por 19 naciones, más la Unión Europea, y sus países integrantes equivalen a casi 90 por ciento el Producto Interno Bruto (PIB) mundial y a 80 por ciento del comercio internacional, así como a dos terceras partes de la población total del planeta.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">México es el primer país de América Latina en presidir este grupo y dentro de esa responsabilidad intentará acercar todos los elementos posibles para garantizar éxito a los mandatarios en la reunión de junio en los meses siguientes.</FONT></P>
<P><A href="http://noticierostelevisa.esmas.com/nacional/405975/inicia-reunion-informal-cancilleres-del-g-20"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow">http://noticierostelevisa.esmas.com/nacional/405975/inicia-reunion-informal-cancilleres-del-g-20</FONT></A></P>]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Especialistas destacan acuerdos entre México y China]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=130</link>
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<P style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 30px" align=center><B style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 30px">Especialistas destacan acuerdos entre México y China</B></P></FONT></B></B></FONT></STRONG>
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<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Notimex</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">A 40 años del establecimiento de <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">relaciones diplomáticas, México y China</STRONG> han firmado 60 convenios en diversos sectores, mientras que las inversiones en actividades productivas llegan a <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">casi 700 millones de dólares</STRONG>, destacaron especialistas.</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Durante el seminario internacional “40 años de la relación entre <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">México y China</STRONG>. Acuerdos, desencuentros y futuro”, el presidente de la Cámara de Comercio de México en esa nación, Efrén Calvo, explicó que del total de exportaciones chinas a América Latina, la mitad las absorbe el país, aún sin un tratado de libre comercio.</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">En el acto, organizado por el Centro de Estudios China-México de la<STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px"> Facultad de Economía de la UNAM</STRONG>, la subsecretaria de Relaciones Exteriores, Lourdes Aranda, consideró 2012 es significativo para la relación bilateral, y confió en consolidar los acercamientos entre ambos países.</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">A su vez, el representante de la <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Cámara Empresarial China-México, Jimmy Li</STRONG>, urgió al impulso del comercio complementario y promover exportaciones de productos mexicanos, especialmente los elaborados por pequeñas y medianas empresas.</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">En su oportunidad, el embajador de <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">China en México, Zeng Gang</STRONG>, sostuvo que la celebración de cuatro décadas de relación bilateral representa una oportunidad para repasar los lazos de cooperación y mirar al futuro, a fin de estrechar una asociación estratégica.</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Por separado, el director de la <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Facultad de Economía de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)</STRONG>, Leonardo Lomelí, consideró que el vínculo entre ambos países es una oportunidad para impulsar un nuevo curso de desarrollo en el país, basado en una agenda internacional más ambiciosa.</FONT></P>
<P><A href="http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/index.php?option=com_k2&amp;view=item&amp;id=5595&amp;Itemid=26"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 13px">http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/index.php?option=com_k2&amp;view=item&amp;id=5595&amp;Itemid=26</FONT></A></P>]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Dólar se vende hasta en $13.20 pesos en AICM]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=124</link>
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<H2 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 10pt 0cm 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white" align=center><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: #336699; FONT-SIZE: 25.5pt; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial" lang=ES><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Century Gothic"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 30px">Dólar se vende hasta en $13.20 pesos en AICM</FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></H2>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN class=noteintro><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">Venden el dólar estadounidense en promedio de 12.83 pesos y se compra en 12.25 pesos.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">Casas de cambio ubicadas en el Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juárez de la Ciudad de México (AICM) venden el dólar estadounidense en un promedio de 12.83 pesos y lo compran en 12.25 pesos.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">El billete verde alcanza su mayor precio a la venta de 13.20 pesos, mientras que el menor a la compra es de 12.15 pesos en centros cambiarios que operan en la terminal aérea de la capital mexicana.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">Por su parte, el euro cotiza su importe máximo a la venta de 17.70 pesos y el mínimo a la compra de 16.10 pesos.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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      <title><![CDATA[IP urge mayor inversión para crear empleos de calidad]]></title>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: " lang=ES Arial? mso-bidi-font-family: ES; mso-ansi-language: 25.5pt; FONT-SIZE: #336699; COLOR: Georgia?,?serif?;><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Century Gothic"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 22px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 30px">IP urge mayor inversión para crear empleos de calidad<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P></FONT>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">En su reporte semanal, el Centro de Estudios Económicos del Sector Privado exhorta a realizar cambios estructurales que incrementen la inversión pública y privada necesaria para mejorar la cantidad y calidad de los trabajos.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">El Centro de Estudios Económicos del Sector Privado (CEESP) señaló que se requiere un incremento importante en la <B style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">inversión</B>, tanto pública como privada, para que el entorno laboral <B style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">mejore en cantidad</B> <B style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">y calidad</B>.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">En su reporte semanal, estima que la creación de nuevos empleos formales se mantendrá en 335 mil plazas al año, como el promedio de los últimos 14 años, si la economía mexicana continúa con su tendencia inercial de crecimiento.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">'Si no se realizan <B style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">cambios estructurales</B> que estimulen la <B style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">inversión</B> y se mantiene una tasa promedio similar a la de los últimos 14 años (2.5 por ciento), la creación de <B style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">nuevos empleos formales </B>podría mantenerse en un nivel parecido al promedio de ese mismo lapso, es decir, aproximadamente 335 mil empleos por año'.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Esto indica que si la población ocupada sigue creciendo como el año pasado, habría un déficit de más de un millón de puestos de trabajo formales y con prestaciones al año, considera el organismo de investigación del sector privado.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Expone en el reporte que sólo con más inversión se podrá estimular la capacidad productiva y, por ende, la creación de empleos de calidad que permita a los trabajadores una mejora real en su bienestar.in</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Reconoce que hasta ahora ha sido favorable la creación de empleos formales con prestaciones, incluso en un entorno de debilidad de la economía mundial, pero ha sido insuficiente para absorber la mano de obra que se integra al mercado laboral cada año.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Según los resultados de la Encuesta Nacional de Ocupación y Empleo del INEGI, la Población Ocupada pasó de 45.4 millones de personas en el último trimestre de 2010 a 47.8 millones en igual lapso de 2011, lo que significa que los ocupados en el país aumentaron en 2.5 millones en ese periodo.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Para el CEESP, no sólo es importante el número de puestos de trabajo que se puedan generar, sino su calidad, es decir, que estos tengan la capacidad de cubrir las condiciones mínimas de los trabajadores para que puedan vivir dignamente.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Además, que ofrezcan un salario suficiente para atender sus necesidades y también tengan acceso a seguridad social. Esto se logra con mayores flujos de inversión, tanto pública como privada, que al final del día se traduce en mayor capacidad productiva, más empleos mejor remunerados y finalmente un consumo creciente, argumenta.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Las cifras del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS) indican que en 2011 se abrieron 591 mil puestos de trabajo formales, los cuales por definición, tuvieron derecho a prestaciones laborales, aunque no necesariamente a un salario digno.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Sin embargo, continúa, la población ocupada aumentó en 2.5 millones de personas, con lo que se puede intuir que la diferencia pudo haber estado relacionada con empleos generados en la informalidad, con su consecuente bajo nivel en las condiciones laborales.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">El CEESP refiere que al cierre del año pasado 29.2 por ciento de la población ocupada laboró en la informalidad, es decir, 14 millones de personas, 1.6 millones más que en 2010.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Además, la demanda de trabajo no es suficiente para garantizar un equilibrio de pleno empleo, pues 9.0 por ciento de la población ocupada tiene la disponibilidad de ofertar más tiempo de trabajo de lo que su ocupación actual le permite, así que 4.3 millones de personas se encuentran en el subempleo, 857 mil más que un año antes.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">'Es claro que la situación laboral en el país no es del todo favorable. Los datos sobre el mercado de trabajo son contundentes'.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Por ello, añade, es importante insistir en un entorno laboral que permita establecer mejores condiciones de contratación, tanto para el empleador como para el trabajador, pero especialmente en uno que ofrezca las mejores condiciones para la inversión.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">En opinión del CEESP, mejorar las condiciones del empleo en términos de cantidad y calidad requiere de una economía más dinámica y un ambiente de negocios mucho más favorable en el que las empresas tengan importantes atractivos para invertir y generar empleos formales.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Reducir los costos de contratación formal, facilitar el entorno fiscal y tener un Estado de derecho de calidad y protección a los derechos de propiedad, automáticamente eleva el costo de colocarse en la informalidad, asegura.</FONT></P>
<P><A href="http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/831198.html"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 12px">http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/831198.html</FONT></A></P>]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Llegarán más empresas al sector de autopartes]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=134</link>
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<H3 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 24pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 22pt"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow">Llegarán más empresas al sector de autopartes<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></SPAN></H3></FONT></SPAN>
<P><SPAN class=author-box><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Por: Karla Ponce</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=content-box></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><B style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px" class=fuente>CIUDAD DE MÉXICO — </B>La instalación de <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">nuevas plantas productoras</STRONG> de automóviles ha detonado el interés de marcas extranjeras especializadas en autopartes de instalarse en suelo nacional. Se estima que al menos <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">cinco decenas de empresas</STRONG> de capital foráneo se instalarán en el corto plazo dentro del país.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Juan Carlos Rivera, director del Departamento de Negocios Internacionales del Tecnológico de Monterrey, detalló que este fenómeno responde a que la mayoría de las empresas fabricantes de vehículos ligeros han <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">escalado</STRONG> a actividades de mayor valor agregado, lo que requiere de proveedores de autopartes cada vez más especializados.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">“Muchas empresas se han quedado rezagadas de las nuevas tendencias. El reto es acelerar a adopción de las nuevas tecnologías en materia de potencia, autopartes especializadas en combustibles alternativos como baterías hibridas o motores eléctricos”.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Consideró que el desarrollo de automóviles cada vez más amigables con el medio ambiente y más sofisticados exige cadenas de suministro no sólo con valores agregados sino también <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">certificadas y con garantía de entregas</STRONG> a tiempo.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">“Esta área de oportunidad es la que aprovechan las empresas extranjeras de autopartes que desarrollan componentes especializados y que no han incursionado en México”.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Compañías estadunidenses, europeas y asiáticas llevan la delantera en este rubro. En menor medida, pero con fuerza, avanzan firmas <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">holandesas, escandinavas y del Medio Oriente</STRONG>.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Estadísticas de la Secretaría de Economía (SE) revelan que de las <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">1,100 empresas</STRONG> de autopartes establecidas en México, 30% son de capital nacional y el 70% son de capital extranjero.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Del universo total de empresas, 345 de ellas son fabricantes de primer nivel y las restantes corresponden a fabricantes de <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">insumos de materias primas</STRONG> de segundo y tercer nivel.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">De acuerdo con la dependencia federal, las empresas de la industria terminal de vehículos ligeros cuentan con un total de 18 complejos productivos en 11 Entidades Federativas del país, en los que se realizan actividades que van desde el ensamble y/o blindaje hasta la fundición y el estampado de los vehículos y motores.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Óscar Albín, presidente de la Industria Nacional de Autopartes (INA), detalló que para cubrir la demanda creciente de componentes automotrices de las armadoras, este año se instalarán <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">40 plantas entre nacionales y extranjeras</STRONG>, lo que hará que la producción se incremente hasta 20% para alcanzar un volumen de 83,000 millones de dólares en México.</FONT></P>
<P><A href="http://www.manufactura.mx/industria/2012/02/08/llegaran-mas-empresas-al-sector-de-autopartes"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow">http://www.manufactura.mx/industria/2012/02/08/llegaran-mas-empresas-al-sector-de-autopartes</FONT></A></P></SPAN>]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Precio de vivienda en China continúa en retroceso]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=119</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<P align=center><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Century Gothic; FONT-SIZE: 30px">China rompe récord con compra de soya de EU</FONT></P>
<P class=itemFullText><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">La inflación inmobiliaria interanual se desaceleró un 0.5% en enero en relación al 1.4% de diciembre, la menor en la historia de las estimaciones</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Reuters</STRONG><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Pekín.- Los <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">precios de viviendas en China cayeron en enero </STRONG>respecto a diciembre por cuarto mes consecutivo, una tendencia que refleja que la desaceleración del mercado inmobiliario se está profundizando, lo que aumenta las preocupaciones de un aterrizaje forzoso en la</FONT></FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px"> segunda mayor economía del mundo.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "></STRONG><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">El precio promedio de las casas nuevas en el país <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">bajó un 0,2% </STRONG>en enero en relación al mes anterior, comparado con un declive del 0.3% en diciembre y una caída de<STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px"> 0.2% en noviembre y octubre</STRONG>, de acuerdo a un estimado basado en datos oficiales publicados el sábado.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Los valores retrocedieron en enero en base intermensual en <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">47 de las 70 ciudades monitorizadas por el Buró Nacional de Estadísticas, </STRONG>y permanecieron sin cambios en el resto, un marcado contraste con el panorama de hace un año, cuando los precios de las propiedades cayeron en sólo tres urbes.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">"Las políticas de ajuste del Gobierno chino han sido efectivas en aplacar los temores de una burbuja inmobiliaria", dijo Mark Budden, jefe en China de EC Harris, una consultora global de activos, luego de que los datos fueran divulgados.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Sin embargo, mientras la crisis de deuda de Europa se agudiza, el nuevo reto para China radica en asegurar un aterrizaje suave de su economía.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Si el crecimiento de las exportaciones de la nación decae, probablemente <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">deberá relajar sus medidas de ajuste al sector de bienes raíces</STRONG> e incluso desplegar programas de gasto fiscal para estimular la expansión, según dicen algunos economistas.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">"Pekín necesita mantener un buen equilibrio entre evitar que los precios de las propiedades trepen demasiado estrepitosamente e imponer restricciones que puedan desacelerar de forma excesiva a la economía", afirmó Budden.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Por el momento, la<STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px"> cúpula gobernante china no parece estar muy preocupada</STRONG> por un enfriamiento de la economía mayor a lo esperado.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">En promedio, los precios de las casas nuevas siguieron altos respecto de hace un año, pero la inflación inmobiliaria interanual se desaceleró marcadamente a un 0,5% en enero en relación al 1.4% diciembre, la menor en la historia de las estimaciones, que comenzaron en enero de 2011 cuando Pekín dejó de proveer los datos directamente.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">En términos interanuales, los valores de las viviendas nuevas siguen incrementándose en <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">53 ciudades del países, y bajaron en 14.</STRONG><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Wenzhou, un mercado altamente especulativo que recientemente fue afectado por una crisis financiera del sector privado, <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">sufrió el declive más marcado en los precios de casas nuevas en enero</STRONG>, luego de caer un 0.6% en comparación al mes previo, y de bajar un 7.6% interanual.</FONT></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><I><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 12px">Redactor: </FONT><A href="/index.php?option=com_k2&amp;view=itemlist&amp;task=user&amp;id=82:isabelserrano"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 12px" color=#0066cc>Isabel Serrano</FONT></A></I></P>
<P><A href="http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/index.php?option=com_k2&amp;view=item&amp;id=5374:precio-de-vivienda-en-china-continúa-en-retroceso&amp;Itemid=26"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 12px">http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/index.php?option=com_k2&amp;view=item&amp;id=5374:precio-de-vivienda-en-china-continúa-en-retroceso&amp;Itemid=26</FONT></A></P>
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      <title><![CDATA[Foxconn, leading iPad manufacturer, hikes wages of Chinese workers]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<H1><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Century Gothic">Foxconn, leading iPad manufacturer, hikes wages of Chinese workers</FONT></H1>
<DIV class=cnnByline><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">By the <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">CNN Wire Staff</STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=cnn_strytmstmp><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">February 18, 2012</FONT></DIV>
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<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">(CNN)</STRONG> -- The largest supplier of Apple's iPads and iPhones said Saturday that it increased wages by up to 25% for workers at its factories in China.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">The announcement by Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group follows reports the company's Chinese-based factories were under scrutiny over questionable labor practices.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Wages for assembly line workers at Foxconn's Chinese plants were increased by 16% to 25%, far exceeding China's government-mandated minimum monthly compensation levels in Shenzhen, the statement said.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">The base pay for workers who have successfully completed a probation period jumps to 2200 to 2500 RMB ($349 to $397) a month, Foxconn said. The state-minimum is 1500 RMB (about $238).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Additionally, Foxconn said it was taking steps to reduce overtime at the Chinese factories.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Foxconn's wage increases comes on the heels of the arrival this week of an independent labor-rights organization, which included Apple representatives, at the vast Foxconn plant in Shenzhen, known as Foxconn City.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">The team plans to interview thousands of employees in Shenzhen and other locations about their working and living conditions, including their compensation and working hours, according to the Fair Labor Association.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">The audit comes amid growing public concern about labor conditions in the overseas factories that many U.S. gadget makers rely on to make their devices. Apple is one of many companies that outsources its manufacturing, but as the industry's most popular and profitable company, it's under the most intense spotlight.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Foxconn, one of Apple's largest critical suppliers, has drawn the harshest criticism from labor activists.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">A spate of suicides at the company's factories in 2010 garnered media coverage of alleged harsh working conditions, including unsafe facilities and illegal amounts of overtime.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">A story published late last month by The New York Times documented the human toll of a Foxconn plant explosion that killed several workers.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Apple has conducted its own supplier audits since 2006, and releases some of its findings on its website.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Its latest report, released last month, detailed nearly two dozen labor and human rights violations, including the use of underage workers.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">In more than 100 facilities, excessive work hours were "commonplace," according to Apple's report, and most of those plants failed to pay proper overtime wages.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Two facilities were deemed repeat offenders, and Apple cut ties with one of them.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Partnering with the Fair Labor Association for independent assessments is a new step for Apple, which has said that its suppliers have promised unrestricted access and full cooperation.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">The FLA plans to conduct similar inspections this spring at two more Apple suppliers, Quanta and Pegatron.</FONT></P>
<P class=cnn_strycbftrtxt><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">CNN's Mitra Mobasherat contributed to this report.</FONT><A href="http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/18/tech/tech-china-apple/index.html?hpt=ibu_c1"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/18/tech/tech-china-apple/index.html?hpt=ibu_c1</FONT></A></P></DIV>]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tips para venderle a China]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=127</link>
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<P style="FONT-FAMILY: Century Gothic; FONT-SIZE: 30px" align=center>Tips para venderle a China</P></B></FONT></FONT>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><B style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px" class=fuente>CIUDAD DE MÉXICO — </B>Si no puedes con el enemigo, únetele. Si las empresas mexicanas no pueden competir con compañías chinas, pueden <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">firmar alianzas estratégicas</STRONG> con éstas o establecer plantas de producción en el país asiático.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Alimentos, bebidas, minerales</STRONG> y algunas manufacturas especializadas son los principales productos que México podría <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">venderle</STRONG> a China. La manera tradicional de llegar al país asiático es mediante un importador, que entrega a un distribuidor y finalmente a un detallista, comentó Carlos Zarza, miembro de la cámara de Comercio y Tecnología México-China</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">El problema es que hay pocos importadores y muchos de ellos ya están '<STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">casados</STRONG>' con grandes marcas. El reto para los emprendedores mexicanos es ir a China y abrir canales directos de <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">comercialización</STRONG>, comentó Zarza en el marco del seminario “40 años de la relación entre México y China. Acuerdos, desencuentros y futuro”.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Él mismo es un ejemplo de esta premisa. En 1998, su empresa <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Válvulas Worcester</STRONG>, dedicada a la fabricación de válvulas para la industria petroquímica, estaba a punto de quebrar frente a la competencia china. La materia prima era cara en México, lo cual hacía que el producto fuera poco competitivo en precio.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">En vez de volverse un comercializador, Zarza tomó la decisión de ir a China y asociarse con la empresa Anhui Yingliu con el fin de fabricar la materia prima (acero) en el país asiático. Entrar en este mercado no fue fácil. José Manuel Ramírez, Socio a Cargo de la Práctica de Impuestos Internacionales de la consultora KPMG en México, consideró que antes de llegar a China se deben conocer aspectos <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">normativos y fiscales</STRONG>, además de cuestiones culturales, como el idioma.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Para facilitar la entrada en el mercado chino, Zarza contrató <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">abogados y contadores</STRONG> hongkoneses para que lo asesoraran. Finalmente, el empresario logró la alianza y formó una compañía con capital mexicano y chino.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Con esta estrategia, Zarza consiguió materia prima a precios competitivos. Pero aún tenía el problema de la competencia china en el mercado mexicano. Entonces buscó asociarse con una empresa china establecida en México para producir válvulas.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Ahora este empresario tiene diversos negocios. En China cuenta con una planta de producción de acero que usa para abastecer sus líneas de producción en México y que además exporta al resto del mundo. Por otro lado, está asociado con la empresa china RVW Neway en México para producir válvulas, las cuáles vende básicamente en mercado local.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">El negocio va viento en popa, el año pasado produjeron aproximadamente <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">500,000 unidades</STRONG> y genera <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">240 empleos</STRONG> en México.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Efrén Calvo es otro empresario mexicano que incursionó exitosamente en el mercado chino. Hace 13 años exploró la posibilidad de poner una planta de manufactura en China y lo hizo. Ahora vende <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">minerales</STRONG> en el país asiático.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">La materia prima la compra en <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Colima, Sonora y Chiapas</STRONG>. Para vender en china se requiere volumen, por lo que Calvo buscó asociarse con varias empresas mineras mexicanas para garantizar un abasto suficiente de materia prima. Ahora vende al país asiático 65 millones de dólares de hierro, además de titanio y cobre, dijo Calvo, quien además es miembro de la Cámara de Comercio de México en China.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Firmar alianzas estratégicas con socios chinos o establecer plantas de producción en el país asiático son las estrategias que los emprendedores mexicanos pueden tomar para incursionar en este mercado.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow" size=3><A style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow" href="http://www.manufactura.mx/gestion/2012/02/14/tips-para-venderle-a-china">http://www.manufactura.mx/gestion/2012/02/14/tips-para-venderle-a-china</A></FONT></P>]]></description>
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<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">El alto asesor político chino, Bai Lichen, se comprometió el viernes a fomentar los lazos entre China y México, como parte de los esfuerzos por conmemorar el 40º aniversario del establecimiento de relaciones diplomáticas entre los dos países. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">　 Bai, vicepresidente del Comité Nacional de la Conferencia Consultiva Política del Pueblo Chino (CCPPCh), hizo una evaluación positiva del estado de las relaciones entre los dos países. </FONT>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">　 Como dos importantes economías emergentes, México y China comparten posiciones sobre muchos temas globales y han desarrollado una coordinación estrecha a la hora de abordar la crisis financiera internacional, la reforma del Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas y el cambio climático, entre otros, señaló Bai. </FONT>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">　 China, dijo, apoyará los esfuerzos de México para auspiciar la cumbre del Grupo de los 20 (G-20) este año. </FONT>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">　 En cuanto a la cooperación económica y comercial entre China y México, Bai destacó el rápido crecimiento en el comercio bilateral y en la escala de las inversiones mutuas durante los últimos años, que ha traído beneficios tangibles para los dos países. </FONT>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">　 Más empresas chinas han demostrado mayor interés en invertir en México, y esperan que el país se convierta en una plataforma importante para que ellas fortalezcan la cooperación con otros países latinoamericanos, agregó. </FONT>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">　 México y China establecieron relaciones diplomáticas el 14 de febrero de 1972. Ahora México es el segundo mayor socio comercial de China en América Latina después de Brasil. </FONT>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">　 México, adonde llegó Bai el miércoles para realizar una visita, es la primera escala de su gira por tres naciones de América Latina, que le llevará también a Colombia y Ecuador.</FONT></P>
<P><A href="http://espanol.cri.cn/741/2012/02/18/1s239043.htm"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow">http://espanol.cri.cn/741/2012/02/18/1s239043.htm</FONT></A></P>]]></description>
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<P align=center><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Century Gothic"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 30px"><B style="FONT-FAMILY: Century Gothic; FONT-SIZE: 30px">G20 foreign ministers to discuss global issues in Mexico</B><B style="FONT-FAMILY: "></B></FONT></FONT></P></FONT>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Washington Feb 18, 2012, </FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">The first ever meeting of G20 foreign ministers would discuss pressing global issues including governance, trans-national crime, green growth, climate change and food security, US officials have said.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Organised by Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa in the Mexican resort town of Los Cabos, the meeting is to be attended by among others US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle and European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Several other G20 countries including France, China, Brazil and India would be represented at a lower level. Mexico is the current chair of the G20 countries and the summit would be hosted on June 18-19. A senior state department official said that the meeting is informal so it would not result in any formal statements.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">'This meeting reflects, in many ways, the evolution of the G20 since the first summit of Washington in the fall of 2008, which, was designed to deal with the global financial crisis,' the official said.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">'This is going to focus on broad non-financial global issues, some of which have been discussed by G20 leaders in the past, but some of which are new to the G20 process or at least have not been emphasized to any great degree, including some broad economic governance issues, some environmental issues, development policy, and green growth,' the official said.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">During her meetings, Clinton would be amplifying some themes that are included in the broad G20 mandate, which is balanced and sustainable growth.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Although, she will not going to get into the details of the G20 financial part of the process, but she will call for an open, free, transparent, and fair global economic system.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Clinton will address things like anti-competitive government practices or distortions, which encompass the ways in which governments artificially distort markets or create uneven economic playing fields, the official said.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Among other things, Clinton will also highlight issues like climate change, freedom of navigation and maritime security to promote a well-functioning global economy; besides governance issues like fight against corruption and bribery.</FONT></P>
<P><A href="http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/g20-foreign-ministers-to-discuss-global-issues-in-mexico/158331/on"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow">http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/g20-foreign-ministers-to-discuss-global-issues-in-mexico/158331/on</FONT></A></P>
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      <title><![CDATA[Canacintra urge a definir estrategia para el crecimiento]]></title>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-language: ES-MX" lang=ES><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">La Cámara Nacional de la Industria de la Transformación destaca en su reporte semanal la necesidad de definir una estrategia de desarrollo industrial para alcanzar un mayor crecimiento <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-language: ES-MX" lang=ES><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">Es urgente definir una <B style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">estrategia de desarrollo industrial</B> que permita a las empresas mexicanas <B style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">crecer de forma sostenida </B>y a<B style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px"> ritmos superiores</B> a los de los últimos años, y así competir en los mercados internacionales, estimó la Cámara Nacional de la Industria de Transformación (Canacintra) .<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-language: ES-MX" lang=ES><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">'El principal reto de México es definir y promover una agenda nacional integrada para la competitividad sectorial y regional que impulse el crecimiento sostenido de la actividad productiva y particularmente de la industria', señala.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-language: ES-MX" lang=ES><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">En su reporte semanal 'Sinopsis económica', destaca que la industria mexicana es la plataforma que puede impulsar la generación de más empleos y riqueza para todos los mexicanos y, en consecuencia, la que puede llevar al país hacia el desarrollo.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-language: ES-MX" lang=ES><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">Expone que la situación de la economía nacional y de la industria manufacturera en lo particular ha sido delicada, toda vez que los problemas a nivel mundial han limitado el crecimiento de este sector.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-language: ES-MX" lang=ES><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">Refiere que al comparar el crecimiento de la economía en general, de 3.9 por ciento en 2011, contra 5.5 por ciento en 2010, fue menor en 1.6 puntos, pero los resultados obtenidos en los tres sectores dan verdadera muestra de la situación económica que prevalece en el país.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-language: ES-MX" lang=ES><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">De acuerdo con el organismo industrial, el sector primario pasó de un crecimiento de 2.8 por ciento, en 2010, a un decremento de 0.6 por ciento en 2011, lo cual representa una baja de 3.4 puntos porcentuales.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-language: ES-MX" lang=ES><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">El sector industrial observó un crecimiento de 6.1 por ciento en 2010 y un año después tan sólo lo hizo en 3.8 por ciento, situación que refleja una disminución de más de 2.0 puntos porcentuales.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-language: ES-MX" lang=ES><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">Por último, el sector de los servicios no se queda atrás, pues de reportar un crecimiento de 5.5 por ciento en 2010, para 2011 avanzó sólo 4.2 por ciento, es decir, 1.3 puntos menos.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-language: ES-MX" lang=ES><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">De esta manera, si queremos insertarnos de manera exitosa dentro del marco de la globalización, debemos preocuparnos por atender debidamente el sector interno, que es donde radica la mayor fortaleza como país, expone.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-language: ES-MX" lang=ES><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">Dentro de este marco, la Canacintra expone que México requiere un equilibrio entre Estado, estabilidad financiera, crecimiento y empleo; contar con una estrategia nacional de largo plazo que integre el esfuerzo público y privado; llevar a cabo las reformas estructurales y un apoyo irrestricto a todas las empresas del país.</FONT>&nbsp;</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=itemFullText><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Una delegación china firmó acuerdos en Iowa para comprar 8.62 millones de toneladas de soya de Estados Unidos, por un valor de 6,000 millones de dólares.</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Reuters</STRONG><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Washington.- <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">China marcó un récord con la compra de 2.92 millones de toneladas de soya estadounidense </STRONG>que reportaron el viernes los exportadores, dos días después de que una delegación china firmó acuerdos en Iowa para comprar millones de toneladas de la oleaginosa.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Los acuerdos fueron firmados durante una visita del vicepresidente chino Xi Jinping. <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">China es el mayor importador mundial de soya y normalmente compra un cuarto del cultivo estadounidense.</STRONG><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Casi toda la soya de la venta récord, o 2.75 millones de toneladas, será entregada en el año de comercialización que comienza el 1 de septiembre. Una sequía ha dañado al cultivo sudamericano de soya, por lo que el suministro de Estados Unidos será más vital para los importadores.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">La venta tuvo un valor de 1,360 millones de dólares</STRONG>, en base a precios corrientes.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">El récord anterior para una venta de soya de Estados Unidos había sido de 2.74 millones de toneladas, también a China, el 27 de enero del 2011, según datos del Departamento de Agricultura de Estados Unidos (USDA, por sus siglas en inglés).<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">El miércoles, una delegación comercial china firmó acuerdos en Iowa <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">para comprar 8.62 millones de toneladas de soya de Estados Unidos, por un valor de 6,000 millones de dólares</STRONG>.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">China es el principal mercado para los productos agrícolas de Estados Unidos, con unas compras que totalizaron 20,000 millones de dólares el año pasado. Se proyecta que las ventas sean ligeramente inferiores este año, debido a una baja en los valores de las materias primas.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">China compra el 60% de la soya del mercado internacional y casi la mitad del algodón que se comercia a escala global.</STRONG> Los analistas creen que se convertirá en un importador de maíz considerable en el futuro cercano.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Dispara precios</STRONG><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Los futuros de la soya repuntaban en la apertura del mercado de Chicago por el aumento de la demanda del suministro estadounidense.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">El contrato de la soya para el próximo mes llegaba incluso a su mayor nivel desde el 14 de octubre del año pasado.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">El trigo también ascendía, superando los niveles claves de resistencia técnica que representan los promedios móviles en 100 días y 40 días.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">La soya para entregar entre marzo del 2012 y marzo del 2013 subía entre 7.25 y 14.25 centavos de dólar por bushel</STRONG>. La posición marzo 2012 avanzaba 14.25 centavos, a 12.725 dólares.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">La harina de soja para entregar entre marzo del 2012 y marzo del 2013 en general subía entre 2.2 y 3.5 dólares por tonelada</STRONG>, excepto el contrato septiembre, que caía 1.6 dólares. El contrato marzo 2012 avanzaba 3.1 dólares a 333.9 dólares.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">El aceite derivado para entregar entre marzo del 2012 y marzo del 2013 en general subía entre 0.36 y 0.71 centavos de dólar por libra</STRONG>, salvo el contrato octubre, que estaba plano. La posición marzo 2012 avanzaba 0.69 centavos a 53.74 centavos.</FONT></FONT></P>
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      <title><![CDATA[México creó 92,000 empleos en 2012: Calderón]]></title>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">El presidente F<STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">elipe Calderón Hinojosa informó que en la primera quincena de febrero se crearon 42,000 empleos netos en el país</STRONG>, con lo que suman 92,000 en lo que va de 2012, descontando las bajas, renuncias y liquidaciones.</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">El mandatario destacó que esa cifra representa el doble de los empleos generados en igual período del año pasado, lo que "es una buena noticia para México".</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">Durante la inauguración de <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">la Feria del Empleo Juárez 2012 </STRONG>en la que estuvo acompañado por su esposa Margarita Zavala y la titular de la <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">Secretaria del Trabajo, Rosalinda Vélez</STRONG>, externó que a pesar de la gran inestabilidad mundial, México sigue firme, tiene una economía que creció casi cuatro por ciento en 2011 y generó casi 600 mil empleos formales.</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">“Significa que <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">México, a pesar de la dificultad internacional, va en el camino correcto</STRONG>”, enfatizó Calderón Hinojosa.</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">El Ejecutivo federal subrayó que se trata de buenas noticias "a pesar de la inestabilidad económica y laboral que se vive en el mundo, (pues) todos hemos visto, por ejemplo, las escenas en Grecia, con disturbios e incendios en las calles".</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">Mencionó que en ese país la inestabilidad ha generado la aplicación de medidas tan drásticas como que a los pensionados se les reduzca su pensión en más de 30 por ciento, así como su salario en igual porcentaje a los trabajadores.</FONT></P>
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      <title><![CDATA[E-commerce con PuraOferta.com]]></title>
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<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Este sitio web mexicano está a la caza de ofertas y saldos de diversos productos para ofrecerlos a sus decenas de miles de usuarios.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Conectar a consumidores en busca de ofertas con marcas, distribuidores y fabricantes, mediante el esquema de comercio electrónico, es el negocio de PuraOferta.com el primer “Mercado de Ofertas Online de México”, que planea ampliar la gama de productos disponibles en internet. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Esta iniciativa de emprendedores mexicanos y argentinos identificó que los consumidores en el país están demandando nuevas opciones en ventas por internet, como zapatos o ropa. Muchos compran online en Estados Unidos esta clase de productos argumentando que el precio es menor, sin embargo, al agregar costos de envío, termina siendo igual o más caro, fue entonces que PuraOferta.com identificó la verdadera razón: “la realidad es que en los sitios americanos se sienten cómodos y hay más variedad”, señaló el director general, Juan Esteban Díaz Belich. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Los creadores del portal consideran que México tiene un alto potencial de crecimiento en términos de e-commerce si se da a los usuarios una herramienta segura, fácil, eficiente y atractiva que les evite enfrentarse al tráfico de las grandes ciudades y a la inseguridad, el desafío era canalizar una demanda insatisfecha con empresas que no cuentan con un proceso de logística apropiado para salir a internet. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Conscientes de la situación la empresa creó un sistema único entre todas las empresas de e-commerce en México, que facilita a las marcas la gestión de pedidos, los medios de pago y la logística de entrega. Su servicio Fulfillment, da seguimiento a los pedidos de productos y les brinda la posibilidad de elegir entre diferentes modalidades de envío. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">“A los proveedores les facilitamos la vida porque nos hacemos cargo de la promoción, la gestión del pedido, rembolsos, devoluciones, cobro, entrega y atención a clientes. Si son muy pequeños podemos ofrecerles nuestra propia bodega; si no tienen forma de entregar nosotros vamos por el producto y lo entregamos; y la última, que no se usa tanto porque no están listos, es mandar un aviso de lo que se vendió y ellos mismos hacen la entrega”, dijo Díaz. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Las diversas opciones aceleran la entrega de los pedidos y eliminan la incertidumbre de los compradores por saber cuándo va a llegar su compra, ello porque los emprendedores aún perciben una falta de confianza por parte de los mexicanos al hacer compras por internet. No obstante es la gente joven la que más impulsa este modelo: “ellos no encuentran problema, no le gusta perder el tiempo y le gusta la comodidad de poder comprar a la hora que quieran”. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Otro reto para crecer su empresa, explicó el director, es la baja bancarización, “eso va en contra del comercio electrónico y aunque ofrecemos la opción de depósito, lo mejor es que paguen con tarjeta de crédito”, aunque confió en que iniciativas como la Ley de protección de datos personales brindará certidumbre a los consumidores. PuraOferta ofrece productos en categorías como kids, para los niños, belleza, hogar, mascotas y tecnología, éste último uno de los sectores más importantes en ventas por internet. En breve el portal lanzará también ofertas de vinos y planean crecer a otras opciones como zapatos, que no están disponibles porque las compañías no están listas: “para zapatos y ropa tienen que agilizar mucho la parte de devoluciones y eso aún no lo tienen, pero vamos a incursionar en esa categoría”. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Hoy la empresa se encarga del área de devoluciones, en caso de que algún comprador haga válida la garantía, el área de atención a clientes del portal avisa al fabricante y el usuario sólo tiene que llevarlo a mensajería para hacer el cambio sin costo. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Para llegar a más internautas en México el modelo de negocios se basa en ofertas como una estrategia para animar a los usuarios a confiar en las compras por internet, pero el portal no envía mails diariamente pues señala que la manera de crecer el comercio electrónico en el país es creando en el consumidor el hábito de entrar al sitio para enterarse de las ofertas, que tienen un tiempo de vigencia, tal como lo hacen al ir a las tiendas. Para encontrar las promociones PuraOferta cuenta con cazadores de ofertas, un equipo de trabajo que habla con las marcas y venden la idea del proyecto que brinda la oportunidad de ofrecer saldos o productos de la temporada anterior, aunque el sitio también ha vendido productos de lanzamiento con descuentos. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">A tres meses de haber llegado al mercado la plataforma de ventas ya cuenta con 30 mil usuarios. PuraOferta es socio de la Amipci para brindar seguridad a los usuarios y trabaja con un equipo de 15 personas.</FONT></P>
<P><A href="http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulos/69165.html"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 12px">http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulos/69165.html</FONT></A></P>]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tiempos más difíciles para los occidentales en busca de empleo en China]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=128</link>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0.8pt; MARGIN: 0px 3px 15px" align=left><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">La situación del empleo solía ser muy fácil para los occidentales en China. Gozaban de salarios más altos, libertad de impuestos y tratos preferenciales en el mercado laboral. Un rostro blanco era lo suficientemente valioso.</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0.8pt; MARGIN: 0px 3px 15px" align=left><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Pero las cosas han cambiado. El origen extranjero ya no se valora tanto en el reclutamiento laboral en China.</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0.8pt; MARGIN: 0px 3px 15px" align=left><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">En comparación con el pasado, los empleadores son actualmente mucho más quisquillosos. Sophie Li, gerente de marketing de la sucursal de Beijing de RMG International Business Consulting, un proveedor de servicios de contratación, expresó que entre los solicitantes extranjeros con experiencia profesional y méritos académicos similares, aquellos que tienen un verdadero conocimiento de China y dominio del idioma chino tienen preferencia.</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0.8pt; MARGIN: 0px 3px 15px" align=left><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Sumado a la creciente llegada de profesionales extranjeros, los competidores nacionales continúan perfeccionando sus habilidades en idiomas extranjeros y tácticas de comercio exterior, de manera que la novedad del rostro blanco está en decadencia.</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0.8pt; MARGIN: 0px 3px 15px" align=left><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Según Li, ella recibe de tres a cinco cartas de solicitud a la semana, la mayoría de extranjeros de entre 30 y 40 años de edad con tres o más años de experiencia laboral. Sin embargo, en el pasado apenas recibía una carta de solicitud cada dos semanas.</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0.8pt; MARGIN: 0px 3px 15px" align=left><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Ahora, para los puestos de bajo nivel, los extranjeros no pueden competir con los colegas chinos graduados dispuestos a aceptar ofertas de salario de hasta 2.500 yuanes (396 dólares estadounidenses) al mes.</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0.8pt; MARGIN: 0px 3px 15px" align=left><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Aunque las oportunidades de trabajo para los extranjeros han disminuido en China, todavía abundan las vacantes para solicitantes experimentados con avanzadas habilidades profesionales.</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0.8pt; MARGIN: 0px 3px 15px" align=left><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Varias industrias han reportado una escasez de talentos en China, incluida la IT, el ahorro de energía, contabilidad y finanzas. Por ejemplo, se estima que alrededor de un millón de puestos están vacantes en todo el país en el sector de la redes de telefonía móvil de 3G, y el salario anual para los ingenieros de 3G se estima alcance entre los 150.000 y 200.000 yuanes en cuatro años, según reportó la Agencia de Noticias Xinhua a finales de 2011.</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0.8pt; MARGIN: 0px 3px 15px" align=left><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Mientras, un foro de profesionales en los campos de la administración y la contabilidad celebrado en agosto pasado en Beijing reveló que China ha abierto unos tres millones de plazas en estas áreas.</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0.8pt; MARGIN: 0px 3px 15px" align=left><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Para los solicitantes que dominen varios idiomas, sean perseverantes y tengan una buena ética laboral, esta sigue siendo la tierra de la leche y la miel.</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0.8pt; MARGIN: 0px 3px 15px" align=left><A href="http://spanish.china.org.cn/society/txt/2012-02/17/content_24662869.htm"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow">http://spanish.china.org.cn/society/txt/2012-02/17/content_24662869.htm</FONT></A></P>]]></description>
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<P><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">La firma Certimex se convirtió en la primera en México para la inspección de los productos orgánicos que compañías de ese país quieren exportar a Europa.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">Berlín • La firma Certimex obtuvo la aprobación de la Unión Europea (UE) como certificadora oficial, de forma que se convirtió en la primera en México para la inspección de los productos orgánicos que empresas de ese país quieren exportar a Europa.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">El director de Proméxico para Alemania y para al centro y el este de Europa, Erwin Feldhaus, declaró a Notimex que hay muy pocas certificadoras que consiguen ese aval por parte de la UE.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">De 74 que se presentaron en los últimos años, sólo aprobaron 30, anotó Feldhaus, quien participa en la feria internacional Biofach -la mayor exhibición de productos orgánicos en el mundo- que tiene lugar en la ciudad alemana de Nurenberg.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">La Certificadora Mexicana de Productos y Procesos Ecológicos (Certimex) es la primera y única firma mexicana de su rubro aprobada y con registro por la UE.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">El aval que recibió se denomina “Documento de Aprobación y Membresía en la Lista de Certificación de la Unión Europea para la Importación de Productos Orgánicos”.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">“Es una enorme distinción, el impacto que esto va a tener para la exportación a la Unión Europea de productos orgánicos mexicanos es muy importante porque se reduce el proceso burocrático de la obtención de permisos de importación de parte de los europeos”, dijo Feldhaus.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">Agregó que ahora “la atención se va a enfocar más en la calidad del producto y del productor, y no en el proceso de la obtención de permisos, que es largo y costoso (para las empresas mexicanas que quieren exportar esas mercancías a la UE)”.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">“Nos va a facilitar el acceso al mercado europeo”, reiteró.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">El representante de Certimex en Biofach, Taurino Reyes, quien recibió la noticia en Nurenberg, dijo a Notimex que el documento oficial recibido asienta que la firma mexicana satisface los requisitos impuestos por la UE para esta labor.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">Certimex podrá certificar que determinados productos trabajados por empresas mexicanas cumplen con los requerimientos para su venta en los 27 países integrantes de la UE, expresó Reyes.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">La UE tardó dos años para evaluar a Certimex, cuya sede se encuentra en Oaxaca (sur de México), cuenta con 50 empleados y tiene representaciones en 10 estados mexicanos.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">Ahora que ese trámite se puede hacer en México, Certimex podrá realizar la inspección del producto y del productor, y el ahorro de costo y el tiempo para las empresas mexicanas será muy significativo, manifestó Reyes.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">Comentó que el producto que más certifica la firma en México es el café orgánico. También tienen entre sus clientes empresas productoras de mangos, jarabe de agave, miel de abeja, aguacate, mezcal ecológico, ron de caña y otros 50 productos.<o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">“Nuestra designación va a facilitar mucho las cosas a las empresas mexicanas de productos orgánicos que quieren exportar a Europa”, aseveró Reyes.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px"><A href="http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/b9522691acd684bb6d66fa900fc35b80"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow">http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/b9522691acd684bb6d66fa900fc35b80</FONT></A><o:p style="FONT-FAMILY: "></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P></H2>]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Promover estabilización económica y empleo de calidad, objetivo central del G20]]></title>
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<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">La Secretaria del Trabajo y Previsión Social, Rosalinda Vélez Juárez, reiteró que la Presidencia Mexicana del G20 mantiene el compromiso de colocar al empleo en el centro de las acciones y políticas para recuperar el crecimiento económico global.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Durante su participación en el cierre de la Primera Sesión Preparatoria a la Reunión de Ministros de Trabajo y Empleo del G20, que se realizó este martes en la Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores, la Secretaria Vélez Juárez recordó que el G20 tiene como desafío, promover la estabilización económica y las reformas estructurales que permitan el crecimiento y el empleo de calidad.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Ante representantes de los países miembros, de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT)&nbsp; y de&nbsp; la Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económicos (OCDE), la titular de la STPS dijo que el empleo es un tema prioritario frente a los retos de la economía mundial.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">“La situación económica actual nos pone en esta disyuntiva, mientras que en algunos países parece que el empleo empieza a recuperarse, en otros, la recesión amenaza la tímida recuperación que presenciamos hace apenas un año que ha afectado con más fuerza a grupos como jóvenes, mujeres, personas con discapacidad y personas mayores de 40 años”.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Vélez Juárez destacó que entre los segmentos más afectados por la lenta recuperación del empleo, se encuentra el de los jóvenes.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">“El 15 de diciembre pasado iniciamos los trabajos del equipo intergubernamental del G20 sobre empleo, el <EM style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Task Force</EM>, éste fue una recomendación de los Ministros de Trabajo y Empleo a los líderes derivado de los consensos alcanzados el año pasado. El&nbsp;<EM style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Task Force</EM> tiene como objetivo intercambiar e identificar buenas prácticas y respuestas de política&nbsp; a los retos que enfrentan los países del G20 en materia de empleo, principalmente para los jóvenes”.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Agregó que los resultados obtenidos por el&nbsp;<EM style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Task Force</EM> contribuirán a las discusiones de la Reunión Ministerial de Trabajo y Empleo en mayo de 2012, en el proceso a esa reunión la STPS propone también buscar espacios innovadores que generarán empleos, principalmente aquellos vinculados con el crecimiento verde, así como dotar a los trabajadores de las habilidades y capacidades requeridas por una industria nueva o por industrias que están en proceso de reconversión.</FONT></P>
<P><A href="http://g20mexico.org/es/centro-de-noticias/comunicados-de-prensa/214-promover-estabilizacion-economica-y-empleo-de-calidad-objetivo-central-del-g20"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow">http://g20mexico.org/es/centro-de-noticias/comunicados-de-prensa/214-promover-estabilizacion-economica-y-empleo-de-calidad-objetivo-central-del-g20</FONT></A></P>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ex-Olympus executives arrested in $1.7B scandal]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<H1><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Century Gothic; FONT-SIZE: 30px">Ex-Olympus executives arrested in $1.7B scandal</FONT></H1>
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<DIV class=cnnByline><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">By <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Kevin Voigt,</STRONG> CNN</FONT></DIV>
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<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">(CNN)</STRONG> -- Japanese prosecutors arrested seven men, including former Olympus Corp. Chairman Tsuyoshi Kikukawa, for their alleged involvement in a massive $1.7 billion accounting fraud at the Japanese camera and medical equipment maker.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Other former executives arrested Thursday include ex-Executive Vice President Hisashi Mori and former Auditor Hideo Yamada, according to the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office. Four others arrested were financial advisers who allegedly assisted Olympus executives in the coverup.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">'We are deeply concerned about the seriousness of this situation,' the Olympus Corp said in a statement. 'In order to find the full facts, we will continue to fully cooperate with law enforcement authorities in the investigation.'</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Allegations at Olympus came to light after the October dismissal of former President Michael Woodford who was fired when he questioned Kikukawa, Mori and Yamada about dubious transactions at the center of the case.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">A special audit of Olympus in December, led by a former Japanese Supreme Court judge, detailed $1.7 billion of hidden losses from failed investments in the 1990s by the company. The report blasted the culture of the company that allowed the losses to be disguised in dubious fees and overvalued payments for companies, as well as the tight control of Kikukawa. 'The management was rotten to the core, and infected those around it,' the panel's report said.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">The scandal has been an embarrassment to Japan Inc. and came at the end of a difficult year punctuated by a strong yen, which has eroded profits of Japanese multinational companies, and the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">'I actually see this as a turning point for corporate Japan. Up until now, this would have been glossed over or swept under the rug. People would have ignored this,' said William Saito, a member of the Japan Prime Minister's special commission on National Strategy and Policy.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">'That this is such a commotion now, I think a lot of businesses understand that in order to get global respect, one needs to address this issue,' Saito said. 'They're on notice and will have to change because of that.'</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Kikukawa, Mori and Yamada resigned in the wake of the allegations. The allegations have sparked investigations in Tokyo, London and New York.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">The former Olympus executives were charged with allegedly filing false financial reports in 2007 and 2008.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">The Olympus saga started with a five-page expose in Japanese magazine FACTA -- a small circulation magazine that has only nine people on staff -- on July 20 that raised questions over advisory fees of $687 million paid in 2008 for the purchase of Gyrus, a UK medical instruments firm. The article also questioned the $773 million paid for three small Japanese companies -- a face cream maker, a plastic container maker and a recycling business, each with fewer than 50 employees.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Others charged include banker Akio Nakagawa, who advised Olympus on the Gyrus transaction.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Olympus lost more than 75% of its share value in the weeks following the October 14 firing of former CEO Woodford, the first foreigner to lead the company, after Woodford went public with his claims.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Woodford, a British executive who spent 30 years with Olympus before he was named the first foreign president last April, led a public campaign to fire the existing Olympus board and return to company management. He gave up that fight in January, saying he didn't have the backing of Japanese institutional investors in the company.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">The current Olympus board, led by President Shuichi Takayama, are expected to step down at an extraordinary shareholders meeting on April 20, when the new company management is expected to be named.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 13px">CNN's Kyung Lah, Yoko Wakatsuki and Junko Ogura contributed to this report</FONT></P>
<P><A href="http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/15/business/japan-olympus-prosecutors/index.html?iphoneemail"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 13px">http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/15/business/japan-olympus-prosecutors/index.html?iphoneemail</FONT></A></P></DIV></DIV>]]></description>
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<DIV class=cnnByline><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">By <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Stan Grant,</STRONG> CNN</FONT></DIV>
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<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Dongguan, China (CNN)</STRONG> -- The Chinese factory floor ain't what it used to be. Heavy industry machines now sit idle, where once hundreds of workers would have crammed into Dickensian sweat shops, slaving away for little pay.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">China's army of migrant workers are smarter than ever, demanding higher pay and better conditions, armed with tough government labor laws.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Ben Schwall has ridden the wave of China's economic boom and now says the tide is turning.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">"When I first came to China you had 200 people outside the factory gate trying to get in," he says. "People would ask favors -- 'can you get my cousin a job?' Now that's gone and I'm asking -- 'do you have a cousin who can come help me?'"</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Schwall is an old-style middle man. For two decades he's matched product-hungry Western companies with Chinese manufacturers.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">It worked for him, and it worked for the buyer and the supplier. But it also left him branded a traitor: an American helping China steal American jobs.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">It's a catch-cry that's making a comeback in this U.S. election year. Already anti-Chinese television commercials are playing to blue-collar fears.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Schwall says it is nonsense.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">"China's not taking these jobs, the jobs have left... the question is where are they landing?" he says.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Yes, it is true those jobs landed in their millions in China, transforming mid-sized towns into booming cities.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">China became the world's factory, running up breakneck economic growth.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">But Schwall says that was another era. "Cheap China" is finished. Increased costs, he says, are just part of the equation. The nature of work in China is changing; out with the old dirty factory jobs and in with cleaner high-tech industries.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Yang Chunhong is feeling the brunt of these changes. He was once a factory worker himself. Now he is the boss and simply can't find enough staff.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">The orders keep coming, he says, but who will fill them?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">"The lack of workers will definitely have an impact on my business. We turned down many orders from our clients because we don't have enough workers to make these products. It definitely has a huge impact," he says.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">While bosses may struggle, for now at least China's army of migrant workers is reaping the rewards.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Hu Yalan, 23, came here to Guangdong in southern China from her home province two years ago. Her first job paid her RMB1700 a month, about $300.Now she wants double that and is scouring Guangdong's busy job market to upgrade.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">"I think it's a matter of improving my ability," she says. There are big factories offering "good salary" and "job training," she says.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">China is following a path chartered by the United States a generation ago. It is in transition. Old industries will fold as it enters a new era of higher paid, smarter work.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Ironically, President Obama is leading the call for manufacturing to return stateside. It is seen as an answer to America's stubbornly high unemployment.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Old China hands like Ben Schwall say, forget about it.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">"The reality is jobs like this are not coming back to the U.S. It may be unpleasant, you may say I'm un-American but it is just the reality of it," he says.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">But with an election looming, that's not really a message U.S. politicians are keen to send to disenchanted voters.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">In meetings in Washington with China's presumptive President, Xi Jinping, President Obama has continued to raise his concerns about China's economic policies, what he argues is an artificially low currency and unfair export advantage.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">China's real challenge is to bridge the gap between the old and new industries, between the low paid and better paid, more demanding workers. If it fails the task, China may soon have its own political slogan: "India is stealing Chinese jobs!"</FONT></P>
<P><A href="http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/15/business/china-factory-jobs/index.html?hpt=ibu_mid"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/15/business/china-factory-jobs/index.html?hpt=ibu_mid</FONT></A></P>]]></description>
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<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px"><STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">Washington (CNN)</STRONG> -- President Barack Obama welcomed China's presumptive next leader at the White House Tuesday but also set a firm tone for future relations between the two world powers.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">The meeting with Obama highlighted a day of top-level Washington diplomacy for Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, who also met with Vice President Joe Biden and spoke at the State Department.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">On Wednesday, Xi will meet with congressional leaders on Capitol Hill and deliver a major policy address at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as he continues his five-day visit.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">At the Oval Office meeting Tuesday, Obama said that with China's meteoric rise as an economic powerhouse came a responsibility to ensure balanced trade flows, referring to China's trade surpluses.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">The president also raised the delicate issue of human rights as a critical area of concern for the United States.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">"We've tried to emphasize that because of China's extraordinary development over the last two decades, that with expanding power and prosperity also comes increased responsibilities,"<STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px"><I style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px"> </I></STRONG>Obama said while sitting next to Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping in the Oval Office.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">"We want to work with China to make sure everyone is working by the same rules of the road when it comes to the world economic system," he added.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">For his part, Xi said the main purpose of his visit was to work to strengthen U.S.-Chinese relations and build a "cooperative partnership based on mutual respect and mutual interests."</FONT></P>
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<P><A href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/14/us/iowa-china-leader-visit/index.html" target=_blank><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px" color=#0066cc>Iowa farm town gets ready for important visitor</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">The trip is an opportunity for Xi, who is expected to be the Asian giant's next Communist Party leader and president, to burnish his credentials. President Hu Jintao undertook a similar visit 10 years ago as he was being groomed for the top job.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">It also gave U.S. officials chance to size up Xi. His meeting with Obama lasted almost 90 minutes, which was longer than planned, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">According to Carney, Obama said the meeting ran long "because of the importance of the relationship and cooperation in dealing with the range of challenges that" the two countries face.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">In welcoming Xi earlier, Vice President Joe Biden said the United States and China had one of the most important bilateral relationships in the world. But the two countries, he said, were not always going to see eye to eye.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">"We saw this in the recent U.N Security Council debate about Syria where we strongly disagreed with China and Russia's veto of a resolution against the unconscionable violence being perpetrated by the Assad regime," Biden said.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">Xi, who is expected to become the leader of China's ruling Communist Party later this year, said he looked forward to in-depth and candid talks.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">He also said he hoped to engage with a broad section of the American people.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">But beneath the carefully choreographed presentation of the high-profile meetings lies a range of contentious issues on which Xi has little incentive to give ground, including trade and China's growing military presence.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">"I think he's going to be tough with a smile on his face," said James McGregor, senior counselor for the communications firm APCO Worldwide in China. "He's gonna appear to be a very friendly man. But he has to be tough because he's still talking to an audience back here."</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">The subject of Xi's trip and what it portends for U.S.-Chinese relations in the coming years has received heavy coverage in state-run media in China.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">"The U.S. has never met a competitor like China before," the Global Times, an English-language newspaper run by the Communist Party, said in an editorial published Monday that noted China's global clout in manufacturing and exports.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">The Obama administration, under pressure from stubbornly high unemployment figures in an election year, has already taken steps concerning China's role in global trade.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">Obama mentioned China by name when he announced in his State of the Union address last month that he was creating a trade enforcement unit to bring cases against other countries. There is also persistent tension over China's efforts to control the level of its currency, the renminbi, which U.S. officials say makes it undervalued.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">Carney told reporters Tuesday that the currency issue is routinely raised in any meeting with Chinese leaders.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">Xi, 58, is very well versed in these issues, according to Jon Huntsman, the former Republican presidential hopeful who was U.S. ambassador to China between 2009 and 2011.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">"He's gone out of his way in recent years to bone up economics and trade, knowing full well that these are the issues that are going to determine whether or not the United States and China are able to get through the years to come," Huntsman said.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">Chinese officials are aware of U.S. concerns, but Xi and other leaders face the challenge of keeping China's hundreds of millions of workers content as economic growth starts to ease from the torrid levels of recent years.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">Policy makers in Beijing are grappling with how to tackle rapidly rising prices and the widening gap between rich and poor.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">"I want a job," said Xie Yingling, an unemployed welder in the coastal province of Fujian, where Xi used to be governor. "Our local economy is just bad. I find even a bowl of noodles too expensive here."</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">Xi's engagements in the United States began Monday with a dinner in Washington attended by former U.S. secretaries of state Henry Kissinger and Madeleine Albright.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">He was given a less cordial welcome by activists advocating Tibetan independence, who started unfurling a banner on Arlington Memorial Bridge in Washington Monday afternoon. The activists were detained by the police before being released.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">On Tuesday, several hundred protesters chanting for a free Tibet gathered the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Xi and Biden met with business leaders. Calling for Tibetan freedom, the protesters waved flags, carried signs and voiced their message through a bull horn.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">Beijing has been struggling in recent weeks to contain unrest among ethnic Tibetans in the southwestern province of Sichuan. It has sent additional security forces to the region after Tibetan protesters set themselves on fire and clashed with police to express frustration with Chinese rule.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">After Washington, Xi will travel Wednesday to Iowa, a state he first visited as a local official in the 1980s.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">He is visiting the United States amid the rhetoric and political uncertainty of presidential election campaigning. But upheaval is also under way in China through the leadership transition that is set to result in Xi's taking charge later this year.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">With about 70% of the country's top 200 officials expected to be swapped out during the process, Huntsman said Xi is "stepping into the forefront of China's political leadership structure at a time of enormous change."</FONT></P>
<P class=cnn_strycbftrtxt><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 13px">CNN's Jethro Mullen, Tom Cohen, Stan Grant, Greg Seaby and Moni Basu contributed to this report.</FONT></P>
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      <title><![CDATA[China está lista para participar más en solución de deuda europea]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=108</link>
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<P style="FONT-FAMILY: Century Gothic; FONT-SIZE: 30px" align=center><B style="FONT-FAMILY: Century Gothic; FONT-SIZE: 30px">China está lista para participar más en solución de deuda europea</B></P></FONT>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">El primer ministro de China, Wen Jiabao, dijo este martes que China ha estado lista para participar más en la resolución del problema de deuda soberana europea.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Wen hizo estas declaraciones al reunirse con los reporteros con el presidente del Consejo Europeo, Herman Van Rompuy, y el presidente de la Comisión Europea, José Manuel Barroso, luego de que sostuvieron la XIV Reunión de Líderes entre China y la Unión Europea (UE).<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Indicó que China forjará una comunicación y coordinación más estrechas con la parte europea respecto al tema.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">La voluntad de China para apoyar a la UE a enfrentar el problema de deuda es firme, señaló Wen.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Van Rompuy dijo que el apoyo de China ayudó a la UE y la eurozona a restaurar la confianza y que esperan una mayor cooperación para fortalecer la estabilidad de la eurozona.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">China apoya a la UE en el fortalecimiento de la disciplina fiscal y espera que la parte europea cree un ambiente positivo y favorable para profundizar la cooperación financiera China-UE, dijo Wen en la cumbre, según un comunicado de prensa ofrecido por el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de China.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Al inicio de la cumbre, Wen indicó que el entendimiento mutuo y los esfuerzos conjuntos para enfrentar las dificultades y los desafíos están en el interés común de China y la UE.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Los líderes de la UE dijeron que sus países miembros e instituciones están luchando por mantener la estabilidad financiera de la eurozona a través de reformas y ajustes.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">La parte europea está lista para fortalecer la cooperación UE-China para mejorar la confianza del mercado y promover el crecimiento económico, indicaron los líderes europeos.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">La cumbre concluyó con un comunicado de prensa conjunto.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">La cumbre estaba programada para octubre pasado, pero se pospuso pues los líderes de la UE luchaban por combatir la crisis de deuda de la eurozona. (Xinhua)<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "></FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px"><A href="http://spanish.peopledaily.com.cn/31621/7729279.html"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">http://spanish.peopledaily.com.cn/31621/7729279.html</FONT></A><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "></P></FONT>]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Contrato de Ica-Pemex se firmará el 2 de marzo]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<P align=center><B><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Century Gothic; FONT-SIZE: 30px">Contrato de Ica-Pemex se firmará el 2 de marzo</FONT></B></P>
<P class=itemFullText><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">México trata de reducir su dependencia de las costosas importaciones de gasolina, la meta es recortarlas entre un 34 y un 36 % para el 2016.</FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">El consorcio encabezado por ICA-Fluor Daniel ganó de la licitación para el diseño de la ingeniería básica de una planeada nueva refinería de Petróleos Mexicanos en el centro del país, con la que busca ampliar su capacidad de procesamiento de combustibles.</FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">El monopolio estatal, que importa casi el 50% de la gasolina que consume México, dijo que <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">el contrato, por 135 millones de dólares, tendrá vigencia de poco más de un año y se firmará el 2 de marzo</STRONG>.</FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">ICA-Fluor Daniel es una empresa formada por una alianza entre la constructora mexicana ICA y la firma estadounidense de construcción e ingeniería Fluor Corp</STRONG>.</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">En la licitación, ICA-Fluor Daniel participó en consorcio junto con filiales de Fluor Daniel.</FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Pemex tiene planeado poner en operación la nueva refinería en Tula, en el central estado de Hidalgo, en 2016 con una capacidad de proceso de 300,000 barriles por día (bpd).</FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Sin embargo, <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">el proyecto anunciado en 2009 ha sufrido retrasos </STRONG>y hasta ahora sólo se ha construido la barda que delimita el terreno para la refinería.</FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Pemex, el séptimo mayor productor de crudo del mundo, ha estimado en unos 10,000 millones de dólares la inversión total en la refinería.</FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">La petrolera dijo que también <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">participaron en la licitación un consorcio formado por Technip Italy, CH2MHILL y Technip de México y otro conformado por empresas de Foster Wheeler junto con Process Consultants Inc, Northam Engineering y CONIP Contratistas</STRONG>.</FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">México está tratando de reducir su dependencia de las costosas importaciones de gasolina</STRONG>, pero la creciente demanda aunado al retraso en los planes para elevar la capacidad de refinación hacen muy difícil alcanzar ese objetivo.</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Funcionarios de Pemex han dicho que l<STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">a meta es recortar estas importaciones a entre un 34 y un 36 % para el 2016</STRONG>.</FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Además de los trabajos en Tula, Pemex planea la modernización de la refinería de Salamanca, también en el centro del país, para sumar una capacidad de 30,000 bpd, pero ese proyecto también está retrasado.</FONT></P></DIV>
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      <title><![CDATA[El próximo líder chino, una mezcla de príncipe y obrero]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=107</link>
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<P align=center><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Century Gothic; FONT-SIZE: 30px">El próximo líder chino, una mezcla de príncipe y obrero</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">El proximo lider del Partido Comunista de China, y por ende del país, tiene dos características contrapuestas. Por un lado es un "príncipe", ya que parte de su poder es heredado, y por otra, conoció el trabajo duro en la China profunda.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">Ambos ingredientes en el currículum vitae del actual vicepresidente Xi Jinping le otorgan las credenciales que necesita para tomar las riendas del partido en unos meses y después suceder al actual presidente, Hu Jintao, el año próximo.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">En las últimas semanas se ha mostrado internacionalmente. De hecho, este martes se entrevistó con el presidente de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama y varios altos funcionarios de su gobierno en Washington.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">"La cobertura mediática de la visita de Xi atraerá la atención de millones" en los Estados Unidos, decía un editorial del periódico oficial <EM style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">Daily China</EM>, que ha creado una página especial para la cobertura de la gira que durará hasta el 17 de febrero. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">Según el diario la presencia de Xi "ayudará a que el público de Estados Unidos entienda a China".</FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">El Príncipe</FONT></B></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">En su país, Xi es visto como un "príncipe". Término que se utiliza para altas autoridades de quienes se piensa que deben al menos algo de su éxito a sus familiares.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">De hecho, el vicepresidente es hijo del veterano revolucionario Xi Zhongxun, uno de los padres fundadores del Partido Comunista de China.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">Sin embargo, existe cierta controversia sobre la vida política del padre de Xi, quien durante la Revolución Cultural fue destituido de los diferentes cargos políticos que ocupaba y enviado a prisión por el entonces líder chino Mao Tse Tung.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">Con su padre en la cárcel, el joven Xi fue enviado a trabajar al campo como muchos otros de su edad en aquella época.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">Luego estudió ingeniería química en la Universidad de Pekín, de la que salieron otros líderes chinos, como el actual presidente.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">En su visita a Washington este martes, Xi tuvo una inusualmente larga entrevista con el presidente Obama en la Oficina Oval, una recepción en Departamento de Estado y recibió honores militares en el Pentágono.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Según los analistas demuestra la importancia que se confieren ambos países, independientemente de las desavenencias coyunturales que puedan tener. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">En 1974 se unió al Partido Comunista y fue ganando peso hasta llegar a ser secretario en la provincia de Hebei en 1982.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">En 1985 se mudó a la provincia de Fujian de la se hizo gobernador en 2000.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px"><B style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">"Gobierno limitado"</B><B style="FONT-FAMILY: "></B></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">También es visto como alguien con tolerancia cero hacia los corruptos, aunque en dos oportunidades debió ocuparse personalmente de esclarecer hechos escandalosos.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">Eso le catapultó al cargo de jefe del partido en Shangai en 2007 donde su antecesor fue echado en medio de acusaciones de corrupción.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">Poco después fue promovido al Comité Permanente del Partido. Y un año después se convirtió en su vicepresidente.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">También trabajó duro para atraer inversiones extranjeras a las provincias de Zheijang y Fujian, y es considerado como una figura que fomenta los negocios.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">En 2005, cuando Xi era secretario de Partido en la provincia de Zheijang declaró a la prensa que "el gobierno debía ser un gobierno limitado".</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">También se mostró favorable a que cuando haya asuntos que el gobierno sea incapaz de manejar se le devuelva el poder a la gente para remediarlo.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px"><B style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">Vínculos con Estados Unidos</B><B style="FONT-FAMILY: "></B></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">A pesar de que el mundo occidental tiene poco conocimiento de Xi Jinping, los estadounidenses al menos no son extraños para él.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">"Algunos extranjeros con panzas llenas y nada mejor que hacer, se ponen a señalarnos con el dedo. Primero, China no exporta revolución; segundo, no exporta hambre y pobreza; y tercero, no se mete con ustedes. Entonces, ¿qué más hay para decir?"</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">Xi Jinping, durante una visita a México</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">En 1985 pasó un tiempo con una familia del pueblo de Muscatine, en el estado de Iowa, donde estudió técnicas para la crianza de cerdos.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">Pero no termina ahí su relación con Estados Unidos. En 2010 el sitio WikiLeaks divulgó algunos datos personales de Xi. Al publicar algunos cables diplomáticos dio a conocer que el vicepresidente chino era un fan de las películas bélicas estadounidenses.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">De acuerdo a uno de los cables, Xi le dijo al embajador Clark Randt que le gustaban las películas de Hollywood de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, describiéndolas como "grandiosas y veraces". En los filmes "el bien gana", decía, mientras que algunos productores cinematográficos chinos dejan de lado "valores que deberían promover".</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">Pero Xi también es famoso por su célebre esposa, la cantante Peng Liyuan, quien describe a su marido como trabajador y con los pies en la Tierra.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">"Cuando llega a casa, nunca pienso en él como que hay un líder en la casa. A mis ojos, él es sólo mi marido", según es citada en un informe la agencia Reuters.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">La pareja tiene una hija llamada Xi Mingze, quien según lo publicado, está estudiando en Harvard. Otra importante conexión estadounidense que puede exhibir el alto funcionario chino.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px"><B style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">Recuerdos de México</B><B style="FONT-FAMILY: "></B></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">El vicepresidente de China conoció Estados Unidos cuando fue a estudiar técnicas para la crianza de cerdos.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">Ya durante una visita a México en 2009, dio muestras de su estilo directo para referirse al creciente poder de China.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">"Algunos extranjeros con las panzas llenas y nada mejor que hacer, se ponen a señalarnos con el dedo", dijo y agregó: "Primero, China no exporta revolución; segundo, no exporta hambre y pobreza; y tercero, no se mete con ustedes. Entonces, ¿qué más hay que decir?".</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">Otros comentarios también contribuyeron a la imagen de duro Xi, quien se caracteriza por exigir sinceridad a las autoridades del partido.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">El pasado julio, prometió "hacer pedazos" cualquier intento de desestabilizar el Tibet y luchar contra "actividades separatistas" relacionadas con el Dalai Lama.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">"Es un líder que confía en sí mismo", dijo Stephen Orlins, presidente del Comité Nacional de Relaciones entre Estados Unidos y China.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">"En China, viniendo de ese origen, tiendes a tener mayor confianza y eso se muestra al tratar con extranjeros, así como con chinos", explicó Orlins a la agencia Reuters.</FONT></P>
<P><A href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/noticias/2012/02/120214_china_xi_jinping_cch.shtml"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/noticias/2012/02/120214_china_xi_jinping_cch.shtml</FONT></A></P>]]></description>
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<P style="FONT-FAMILY: Century Gothic; FONT-SIZE: 30px" align=center><B style="FONT-FAMILY: Century Gothic; FONT-SIZE: 30px">México, séptimo con menor desempleo</B></P></FONT></B>
<P><B><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">Corea, con una desocupación de 3.4%, es el miembro de la OCDE con menor nivel de desempleo; la tasa de desempleados en México cayó a 5.2% en 2011, 0.2 puntos porcentuales desde el 2010.</FONT></B></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px"><B style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (Notimex) — </B>México se ubicó en 2011 como el séptimo país con la menor tasa de desempleo entre las naciones que integran la Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económicos (OCDE). </FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">La desocupación cayó a una tasa del 5.2%, o 0.2 puntos porcentuales, respecto al 5.4% registrado en 2010. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">La tasa de desempleo durante el año pasado fue de 8.2% para el conjunto de 34 países que integran la OCDE, menor en 0.4 puntos porcentuales al 8.6% del 2010. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">Los países con menores tasas de desempleo durante 2011 fueron: Corea con 3.4%; Austria con 4.1%; Holanda que registró 4.4%; Japón, 4.6%; Luxemburgo, 4.9%; Australia, 5.1%; México, 5.2% y Alemania, 5.9%, según datos difundidos este martes por el organismo. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 15px">Las naciones de la OCDE con mayores tasas de desempleo el año pasado fueron: España con 21.7%; Irlanda que reportó 14.4%; República Eslovaca que alcanzó el 13.4%; Portugal, 12.7%; Hungría, 10.9%; Francia llegó a 9.7 y Polonia a 9.6%.</FONT></P>
<P><A href="http://www.cnnexpansion.com/economia/2012/02/14/mexico-tiene-bajo-desempleo-en-ocde"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow">http://www.cnnexpansion.com/economia/2012/02/14/mexico-tiene-bajo-desempleo-en-ocde</FONT></A></P></FONT></STRONG>]]></description>
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<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow">Mexico, Feb 14 (Prensa Latina) Presidents Felipe Calderón (Mexico) and Hu Jintao (China) expressed on Tuesday their determination to continue making efforts to deepen the Strategic Partnership between their countries.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">&nbsp; On occasion of the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations, congratulatory messages were exchanged by the two leaders and also by Foreign Ministers Patricia Espinosa and Yang Jiechi, according to a note issued by the Mexican Foreign Ministry.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "></FONT><BR><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow">For four decades, the two countries have jointly worked to strengthen their bilateral relations and broaden their cooperation agenda, and in 2003 decided to establish a long-term Strategic Partnership, recalls the text.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">China is Mexico's second trade partner worldwide and the first in Asia-Pacific, the text notes.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">It says that as large emerging economies, Mexico and China are closely working in multilateral and regional jointly at the United Nations, the G-20 and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC).<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: ">As part of the celebrations for the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations, both nations will carry out activities oriented to share their cultural riches, broaden mutual understanding and promote the best use of bright collaboration prospects existing between them.<BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: "><A href="http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=478009&amp;Itemid=1"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><A href="http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=478009&amp;Itemid=1s"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><A href="http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=478009&amp;Itemid=1s"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow">http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=478009&amp;Itemid=1</FONT></FONT></FONT></A><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow">s</FONT></A></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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      <title><![CDATA[“The Magic of the Mexican Stamp” ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<P>“The Magic of the Mexican Stamp” </P>
<P>An exhibition celebrating the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Mexico and the People’s Republic of China </P>
<P><BR>In February 1972, Mexican officials and the People’s Republic of China established diplomatic relations. This forty years collaboration – in the fields of politics, economy, culture, education, and tourism among others – dramatically enhanced the understanding between these two thousand-years-old civilizations. <BR>In order to celebrate this relationship, the Consulate General of Mexico in Shanghai worked hand in hand with Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern art, which will hold the exhibition entitled “The Magic of the Mexican Stamp” from 14th to 28th February 2012. All the artworks that compose the collection have officially been donated to the Shanghai Duolun MoMA, which in a way stand for Mexican people’s gift to Chinese people in tribute to their traditional friendship.<BR>The art of stamp in Mexico has been created by the ideals of a strong commitment of social loyalty, civil responsibility and freedom. This medium has developed throughout the years a wide variety of discursive strategies with a deep social impact since it was published in newspapers, books, spread out in flyers or attached to a wall as a poster. This exhibition is the result of the effort of the Mexican Stamp National Museum , the National Institute of Fine Arts, and other institutions from Mexico, which wanted to commemorate the Bicentennial of the Independence of Mexico and the Centennial of the Mexican Revolution. All the artworks in this exhibition intertwine persuasively the spirit of this period of turmoil with its artistic accomplishments.<BR>“The Magic of the Mexican Stamp” gathers artworks created by 52 significant contemporary artists from Mexico. Each print is available in editions of 100, measures up to 120 x 140 centimeters, and is signed and numbered. Before they were created, it has been suggested to use black ink and high quality printing technique for it echoes and celebrates the symbolism of collective memory of Mexican history.<BR>As a governmental museum specialized in contemporary art, the Shanghai Duolun MoMA considers “originality, academic and internationalism” as its guideline. With farsighted vision and open mindedness, the Duolun MoMA aims to make a due contribution to the development of contemporary art in the world. This time through the commemorative exhibition “The Magic of the Mexican Stamp”, we hope to make the Chinese audience understand better Mexican society, culture and art by inviting them to participate in a deep and rich visual experience. In truth such artistic dialogue remains crucial inasmuch as it deepens unceasingly China and Mexico mutual friendship. </P>]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[México-China: 40 años de relación]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<P>México-China: 40 años de relación</P>
<P>Por: Ricardo Chang </P>
<P>CIUDAD DE MÉXICO — El 14 de febrero es una fecha relevante en las relaciones bilaterales México-China. En 1972 ambos pueblos establecieron comunicaciones oportunas para crear relaciones diplomáticas, siendo 1993 cuando por primera vez anunciaron el establecimiento de la Asociación Estratégica.<BR>&nbsp;<BR>Son 40 años de enseñanza China, el país ha demostrado el enorme potencial financiero del cual goza y del que México, no sabe cómo aprovecharlo. Han faltado políticas públicas agresivas y constantes en estas relaciones comerciales. México siempre se la pasa quejándose de los chinos, que han hecho los chinos para no ser vistos por todas las cámaras empresariales y asociaciones comerciales como un aliado.<BR>&nbsp;<BR>Basta recordar que México, votó a favor del ingreso de China como observador en la Organización de Estados Americanos OEA y la Confederación de Parlamentos Americanos COPA, así como el apoyo a la adhesión de China en el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo BID. Analicemos las experiencias de China con Chile, Perú y Costa Rica pueden ayudar a que México, vea distinto el panorama.<BR>&nbsp;<BR>La obra maestra<BR>&nbsp;<BR>En un orden de ideas, China, La República Popular de China siempre ha manifestado su aprecio a la posición de México. Como potencias emergentes en el escenario global, los dos países se coordinan, cooperan y apoyan mutuamente en los foros multilaterales como en la Organización de Naciones Unidas ONU; potencias emergentes Brasil, India,&nbsp; Sudáfrica, China y México G5;&nbsp; naciones industrializados G20, países Asia Pacifico APEC, así como en el Foro de Cooperación América Latina Asia-Este FOCALAE.<BR>&nbsp;<BR>Lo anterior, con el fin de contribuir a la construcción de un renovado orden político-social y económico mundial en la búsqueda de solución a los problemas de importancia global. Emplear mecanismo para atraer más inversión y promover los productos mexicanos en China, es tarea de la esfera pública y privada.<BR>&nbsp;<BR>Sin miedo BIMBO, GRUMA, Grupo ALGA de autopartes, el restaurant FOGONCITO, si están en China, potencia de consumidores. Ellos tomaron la decisión correcta de irse a China y ser exitosas experiencias empresariales mexicanas en Asia.<BR>&nbsp;<BR>Coincidencias<BR>&nbsp;<BR>Más allá de agendas e intercambios bilaterales, México y China, han coincidió en la búsqueda de soluciones optimas en materia de medio ambiente, en la aplicación de tecnologías verdes, ya que los países de la&nbsp; APEC poseen el 53% de los bosques del mundo, el 60% de la manufactura de productos forestales y el 80% del intercambio comercial.<BR>&nbsp;<BR>Francamente otra casualidad es el tema antidumping, en ese tenor este 2012 se abre la puerta para nuevos y perfeccionados productos, un ejemplo de ello es el calzado que mantendrá el 30% de arancel. No se entiende del por qué las quejas desleales México lo quiere ver directamente con China, cuando la Organización Mundial de Comercio OMC, es el órgano internacional para resolver este tipo de cosas.<BR>&nbsp;<BR>México y China, son parte del GATT, si se demuestra que el dumping causa daño a la industria nacional mexicana. Las empresas involucradas en la acusación y la defensa deben presentar pruebas a la Unidad de Prácticas Comerciales Internacionales de la Secretaría de Economía, la que determina si impone o no las cuotas.<BR>&nbsp;<BR>La oportunidad<BR>&nbsp;<BR>El Centro de Estudios China México CECHIMEX de la UNAM, celebrará el Seminario Internacional: “40 años de la relación entre México y China. Acuerdos, desencuentros y futuro” los días 13 y 14 de Febrero en la Facultad de Economía. Reflexiones en temas de manufactura, económico, gobiernos, cultural, inversión y minería, entre otros.<BR>&nbsp;<BR>El año del Dragón 2012, debemos celebrarlo con bienestar, ya que predice buenos negocios y salud para todos.</P>
<P><A href="http://www.manufactura.mx/industria/2012/02/13/a-40-anos-de-las-relaciones-amistosas-mexico-china">http://www.manufactura.mx/industria/2012/02/13/a-40-anos-de-las-relaciones-amistosas-mexico-china</A></P>]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mexico, Chile, Peru, Colombia to strengthen Asia-Pacific presence]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<P>Mexico, Chile, Peru, Colombia to strengthen Asia-Pacific presence</P>
<P>BOGOTA, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Colombia, Chile, Mexico and Peru on Thursday announced a joint project to boost their presence in international markets with a specific eye to the Asia-Pacific region, the Mexican trade promotion agency ProMexico said.</P>
<P>Carlos Guzman, director of ProMexico, said the four Latin American countries had agreed to start building joint strategies such as carrying out marketing surveys, attending trade fairs and opening joint promotion offices in the main cities of Asia-Pacific.</P>
<P>Guzman, who was speaking at the end of the Meeting of Agencies Promoting the Pacific Alliance held in the Colombian capital, said he was optimistic about the joint work agreement as it represented an important opportunity for both the Latin American countries and their Asian counterparts.</P>
<P>'Due to the world financial crisis, the global economy is being reconfigured and operations are increasingly transferred toward emerging economies,' he said, adding most of the world's future economic growth is expected to be from the Latin American and Asian regions.</P>
<P>Maria Claudia Lacouture, president of Colombia's Proexport agency, also said the alliance was instrumental for the four countries' investment and export opportunities in Asia-Pacific.</P>
<P>'The results of the meeting are very positive. We have come to a work plan that we from now on will develop in order to, as a group, take advantage of more business opportunities,' Lacouture said.</P>
<P><A href="http://english.cntv.cn/20120210/111215.shtml">http://english.cntv.cn/20120210/111215.shtml</A></P>]]></description>
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<P>By Lan Lan and Liu Jie (China Daily)</P>
<P>BEIJING - Salary increases in China are likely to exceed the rate of inflation in 2012 and job opportunities are expanding despite slowing economic growth, said human resources executives.</P>
<P>'Expectations for growth in China are rising as demand in the US and European markets remains very weak. Recruitment is doing well in China, the key market for growth,' David Nagy, managing director of the US-based executive search firm DHR International, said in an interview on Thursday.</P>
<P>Although China's GDP growth might decelerate further, due to weakening external demand and structural shifts, the consumer market offers opportunities.</P>
<P>Medical care is a new frontier for employment, with the government's commitment to providing better health care and individuals' improved ability to pay for medical care.</P>
<P>China is improving its medical service system and has increased the subsidy for rural residents to 240 yuan ($38) a year for each person, from 200 yuan previously.</P>
<P>'Some medical companies are transferring their research and development centers to China, presenting more opportunities for us as well,' he said.</P>
<P>The market will remain strong across almost all industries, including vehicles, online digital services and technology.</P>
<P>In particular, demand from foreign and domestic companies is robust for senior-level positions and for human resources and finance positions.</P>
<P>Base-pay growth</P>
<P>Foreign employers in China are expected to offer employees base-pay increases of 6 to 11 percent in 2012, Nagy said. China recorded a 4.5-percent year-on-year increase in the consumer price index in January.</P>
<P>In terms of bonuses, those in support positions such as human resources, public affairs and government relations are expected to see growth of 20 percent or so.</P>
<P>For sales, marketing and leadership positions, growth could be up to 35 percent, and sometimes, there is no cap, Nagy said.</P>
<P>A survey by Hays PLC released on Thursday found that more than 80 percent of employers in China plan to increase salaries by more than 6 percent in 2012.</P>
<P>The UK-based recruiting consulting company said that robust economic growth in China has prompted companies with operations in China to raise salaries to retain talent and support business development.</P>
<P>Among the 291 surveyed employers in the Chinese mainland, 29 percent said they would increase salaries by at least 10 percent. Another 29 percent gave a range of 5 to 10 percent and 13 percent said salaries would rise by 3 to 6 percent.</P>
<P>The surveyed industries included finance, high-technology, education, manufacturing, energy and biological science.</P>
<P>The survey also found that last year, 72 percent of the respondents in China increased salaries by more than 6 percent, with 51 percent reporting an increase of 6 to 10 percent and 21 percent offering more than 10 percent.</P>
<P>'Though the global economy is uncertain, China is still achieving strong growth,' said Simon Lance, regional director of Hays China.</P>
<P>'In 2012, we expect to see more companies here focusing on recruiting and retaining key talent, a move to promote their expansion.'</P>
<P>Among more than 900 employers, 64 percent said they expected business activity to increase and 41 percent expected their permanent staff levels to increase. </P>
<P><A href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2012-02/10/content_14574698.htm">http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2012-02/10/content_14574698.htm</A></P>]]></description>
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<H1><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Century Gothic; FONT-SIZE: 30px">Google knows too much about you</FONT></H1>
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<DIV class=cnnByline><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">By <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Frida Ghitis</STRONG>, Special to CNN</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=cnn_strytmstmp><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">February 9, 2012 </FONT></DIV></DIV>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">(CNN)</STRONG> -- If you use Google, and I know you do, you may have noticed a little banner popping up at the top of the page announcing: "We're changing our privacy policy and terms." It gives you the choice to "Learn More" or, another option, the one I'm betting most people followed, to "Dismiss."</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Who wants to read about what Google plans to do with all that information it has about us?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">I, too, clicked "Dismiss." That's because the very idea of considering what Google knows about me can give me heartburn. And if that happens, I may want to Google "heartburn," and then I'll wonder if my insurance company will find out that I was searching "heartburn," or, worse, that one day I will apply for a new insurance company and the side effects of having considered what Google knows will result in a denial of coverage. But I digress.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">When Google announced its new policy</FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">, lovingly explaining its reason as "our desire to create one beautifully simple and intuitive experience across Google," the authorities in Europe</FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px"> immediately told the Internet leviathan to put off its March 1 start date until European Union officials had a chance to review Google's new quest for beauty and simplicity.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Europeans, it turns out, are much less trusting of invasions of our electronic privacy than Americans are. Americans have an intense aversion to government intrusion. If the FBI wanted to examine Google searches, the left and the right would come together -- the ACLU, Tea Party, liberals and libertarians would raise their fists together to fight for freedom of privacy. The Supreme Court would join in, as it did in the case of GPS surveillance</FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">, and conclude the people have a right to privacy, a right against any "unreasonable search," as the Constitution says.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">But in the case of Google's latest move to consolidate user's data, however, most Americans paid little attention.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3 face="Arial Narrow">MacKinnon: We´re losing control of our digital privacy</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">If Americans -- or people anywhere -- decided to take up Google's offer to check out its new policy, they would discover something so troubling, so frightening, really, that it would override the national tendency to leave companies alone to make money how they see fit. At least in the case of companies such as Google -- and now Facebook -- which know more about us than even our closest friends.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Here's what Google knows about you, what it stores right there on its servers, waiting for a hacker:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Google </FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">has every e-mail you ever sent or received on Gmail. It has every search you ever made, the contents of every chat you ever had over Google Talk. It holds a record of every telephone conversation you had using Google Voice, it knows every Google Alert you've set up. It has your Google Calendar with all content going back as far as you've used it, including everything you've done every day since then. It knows your contact list with all the information you may have included about yourself and the people you know. It has your Picasa pictures, your news page configuration, indicating what topics you're most interested in. And so on.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">If you ever used Google while logged in to your account to search for a person, a symptom, a medical side effect, a political idea; if you ever gossiped using one of Google's services, all of this is on Google's servers. And thanks to the magic of Google's algorithms, it is easy to sift through the information because Google search works like a charm. Google can even track searches on your computer</FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px"> when you're not logged in for up to six months.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Facebook has even more interesting stuff: your pictures, your comments, your likes, your friends, your un-friends.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3 face="Arial Narrow">Andrew Keen: We must avoid Facebook´s ´creepy´ cult of transparency</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">You've done it, said it, clicked it, searched it, Googled it. You can never undo it or unclick it. It stays there forever. Unless the people demand that government order a stop to it.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">The European Commission has a new privacy proposal known as the "Right to be forgotten</FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">." It would allow Internet users in 27 countries of the European Union to demand Internet companies delete their personal data.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Google's famous motto is "do no evil." I won't accuse Google of deliberately doing evil. It has done much to improve our lives. It makes no secret of the fact that it seeks to make profits, which it richly deserves. I do believe, however, that it deliberately tries to deceive us when it claims the new privacy policy seeks "to provide you with as much transparency and choice as possible."</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">I followed the instructions and with some difficulty eventually downloaded pages upon pages of personal material about myself from Google. What I was looking for was a simple, shall we say beautiful, button telling Google not to save anything I don't explicitly want it to save. But there was no such button.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Google, like Facebook, owns trillions if not quadrillions-plus bits of information. They mine it, use it to sell ads, algorithm it. But my real fear is not Google. My real fear is that computer technology has turned into an arms race between good guys and bad guys. Google may see itself as a jaunty white hat wearer, valiantly protecting all our information. And it may be doing it to the best of its ability. But hackers are hard at work all the time.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Google and Facebook are profiting from our private information in ways most of us don't quite understand or would approve. But hackers may do even worse, as we have already seen in many cases around the world. Hackers have already unlocked and put on the Web reams of credit card information, private documents and all sorts of personal e-mails. Imagine your e-mails and chats on the Web for anyone to read.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Online hoarding of our private information is not something we can afford to "dismiss." The only effective way to change the ways of these giant corporations -- and the smaller ones following the same practices -- is by pushing the government to make those practices illegal. We can start by following Europe's example.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">The obvious, ethical, default setting should affirm that our private information belongs to us and nobody else -- not to Google, not to Facebook. We should call for laws that require them to change their terms of service so users have the option of giving or denying permission to them on holding personal data in storage.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px"><A style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow" href="http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/09/opinion/ghitis-google-privacy/index.html?iphoneemail">http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/09/opinion/ghitis-google-privacy/index.html?iphoneemail</A></FONT></P>]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mexico-Foreign Minister talk about Mexico-China relations]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=103</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<P>Mexico-Foreign Minister talk about Mexico-China relations</P>
<P>Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa Catellano said on Thursday that Mexico attaches great importance to its relations with China and will boost cooperation in multiple fields to develop firm ties with China.</P>
<P>Espinosa made the remarks in an interview with China Central Television (CCTV) in Mexico City, on the 40th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between the two countries.</P>
<P>Espinosa said that the bilateral ties between China and Mexico are developing well, and the two countries have established constructive, firm and successful relations in the past 40 years. A series of celebration events were scheduled both in China and Mexico this May to mark the 40th anniversary of the Sino-Mexican diplomatic relations, she said.</P>
<P>On the Sino-Mexican trade, Espinosa said Mexico should strengthen trade cooperation with China as China is Mexico’s second largest trade partner and Mexico is also China’s second largest trade partner in Latin America. Some of Mexico’s high-quality products are attractive to customers in the Chinese market, she added.</P>
<P>'The trade between China and Mexico reached about 50 billion US dollars in 2011, which indicates that we play an important role in the world trade. Mexico will support free trade, as we’ve learned from our experience that trade is a way leading to good life, employment opportunities and wealth,' said Espinosa.</P>
<P>Espinosa noted that the Sino-Mexican relations have great development potential and carry many possibilities. The two nations should not only develop their own economies, but also make contributions to the development and stability of the global society. China is wise in dealing with the economic crisis, she said, Mexico and China should put their joint efforts in restoring the growth of world economy and helping less developed countries. </P>
<P>'I believe we’ll cooperate in many fields including culture, science and technology, economy and politics, in the future. We should also cooperate at international forums in order to solve some long-term problems,' Espinosa added. </P>
<P>Follow the complete and live interview in the next link, <BR><A href="http://newscontent.cctv.com/news.jsp?fileId=131304">http://newscontent.cctv.com/news.jsp?fileId=131304</A></P>]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mexico presents in Germany its priorities for the G20 Presidency in 2012]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=114</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<H4 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Century Gothic; FONT-SIZE: 30px">Mexico presents in Germany its priorities for the G20 Presidency in 2012</FONT></H4><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Century Gothic; FONT-SIZE: 30px">
<P style="FONT-FAMILY: Century Gothic; FONT-SIZE: 30px"></FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Mexico's Special Representative for the G20 Presidency presented Mexico's G20 priorities at workshops organized by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and by the German Development Institute, in Berlin, on February 8-9, 2012.</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">The Special Representative for Mexico's G20 Presidency, Roberto Marino, presented Mexico's priorities for the G20 agenda at the Expert Workshop and Panel Discussion on The World Bank Group's Crisis Response and The International Crisis Architecture organized by the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development and convened by The Development Policy Forum.</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Mr. Marino highlighted the five priorities of the Mexican Presidency of the G20, namely:</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">1) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Economic stabilization and structural reforms as foundations for growth and employment.</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">2) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Strengthening the financial system and fostering financial inclusion to promote economic growth.</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Improving the International Financial Architecture in an interconnected world.</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">4)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enhancing food security and addressing the issue of commodity price volatility.</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">5) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Promoting sustainable development, green growth and the fight against climate change.</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">The discussions centered on the assessment of the Independent Evaluation Group of the World Bank of the response to the crisis in 2008-2009, and on the ways to improve the WBGs future crisis response capacity. Participants in the workshop included financial experts from academia, politics,civil society and international organizations. Mr. Marino highlighted the many contributions of the World Bank to the G20 agenda, in the areas of structural reform, commodity price volatility, green growth and development policy.</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Mexico's Special Representative for the G20 Presidency also participated as keynote speaker in the workshop "From Cannes to Los Cabos-- Which Way Forward for the G20 Development Agenda?,” organized by the German Development Institute, where he presented Mexico's G20 Agenda. The workshop took stock of the G20 progress up to Cannes and discussed the way forward for the G20, putting special emphasis on the G20 development agenda that Mexico has put forth for its Presidency of the G20.</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Participants in the workshop included senior officials from the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, from the Federal Chancellery of Germany, from the German Development Institute, as well as distinguished academics, and members of civil society and international organizations.</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Mr. Marino reiterated that Mexico's G20 Presidency will include an intense dialogue with non member countries, international organizations and other members of civil society. Mexico finds that the G20 agenda can be enriched through an open, inclusive and transparent dialogue with think tanks, academics and members of civil society.</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><A href="http://www.g20.org/en/news-room/press-releases/209-mexico-presenta-en-alemania-sus-prioridades-para-la-presidencia-del-g20-en-2012"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow">http://www.g20.org/en/news-room/press-releases/209-mexico-presenta-en-alemania-sus-prioridades-para-la-presidencia-del-g20-en-2012</FONT></A></P>]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=104</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<P>China thinks highly of the bilateral ties between China and Mexico: Chinese ambassador in Mexico</P>
<P>This year marks the 40th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Mexico. Over the past 40 years, the two countries have built trust politically, and expanded cooperation in many sectors such as politics, economy, education, sports and tourism.</P>
<P>China thinks highly of the bilateral ties between China and Mexico, said Zeng Gang, China's Ambassador in Mexico.</P>
<P>Zeng spoke highly of the economic and trade cooperation between the two sides as well. China has become the second largest trading partner of Mexico since 2004, with Mexican exports to China being more diverse than various other the Latin American countries.</P>
<P>The two governments have been carried good momentum in the development of economic and trade ties, especially in the fields of electronics products and equipment production, which account for the largest part of the trade between China and Mexico, said Zeng Gang.</P>
<P>'We are committed to the trade balance between the two countries. In the future, we'll import more Mexican commodities such as meat products and the pulque,' said Zeng Gang.</P>
<P>China has been considering expanding trade contacts between enterprises of the two countries, especially in some complementary sectors such as the oil industry, coal industry and infrastructure construction, Zeng added.</P>
<P>Cultural exchanges have also become more frequent in the past 40 years. 'There are many student exchange programs between the two countries every year. Some of those participants, like [I have been], obtained scholarships to learn Spanish here. Most of the graduate students are working for the government, universities and other fields referring to Spanish. Some outstanding students have gone on to work as senior official or diplomats in Latin American countries,' said Zeng Gang.</P>
<P>'China and Mexico (relations) have lots of consistence. For example, we are two of the most important developing countries and emerging markets of the world. China is willing to work together with Mexico so as to strengthen cooperation and coordination on the important issues of mutual concern, and push the development of friendly and cooperative ties to a new high. Moreover, the two countries should maintain frequent exchange of high-level visits and contacts,' said Zeng Gang.</P>
<P>To watch the complete and live interview click in the following link,<BR><A href="http://newscontent.cctv.com/news.jsp?fileId=131056">http://newscontent.cctv.com/news.jsp?fileId=131056</A></P>]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Negocian acuerdo con China en tema calzado]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=89</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Negocian acuerdo con China en tema calzado

Cutberto Jiménez / El Economista

La Secretaría de Economía Federal, acompañada por las cámaras de calzado del país, inicia este lunes una segunda reunión de trabajo con el gobierno chino en la búsqueda de acuerdos para establecer nuevas medidas de remedio comercial a las importaciones.

“El anuncio es la participación de la industria del calzado de México, a través de las cámaras de Guanajuato, Jalisco y México, en la segunda plática del gobierno mexicano a través de la UPCI (Unidad de Prácticas Comerciales Internacionales) y el gobierno chino que se llevará a cabo del día 6 al 9 de febrero en Beijing, China”, informó el presidente de la Cámara de la Industria del Calzado del Estado de Guanajuato (CICEG), Demetrio Armando Martín Dueñas, antes de viajar con la comitiva a China.

Puntualiza que el sector empresarial no es parte de las reuniones de la negociación, sino que estarán, como se dice, ‘en el cuarto de junto’, con empresarios de ese país, para apoyar cualquier consulta que las autoridades soliciten sobre el tema del calzado.

“El tema prioritario, principal, y no hay otro tema, es calzado”, puntualiza.

El 11 de diciembre terminó el Acuerdo Comercial México- China y la aplicación de cuotas compensatorias a la importación de calzado chino (que eran de un 70%).

El 12 de diciembre las tres cámaras de calzado del país (Guanajuato, Jalisco y México) hicieron la petición formal a la Secretaría de Economía y a la Unidad de Prácticas Comerciales Internacionales de iniciar pláticas con China, dentro del marco del Protocolo de Adhesión de dicha nación asiática a la Organización Mundial de Comercio (OMC), y, en función de la demostración de daño que ya se ha documentado, lograr un acuerdo bilateral, y, de no prosperar, iniciar la aplicación de medidas de protección.

“Les reitero que la solicitud de la industria a nuestras autoridades es en el sentido de que se establezca una medida de remedio comercial en contra de las importaciones de calzado chino para evitar así un mayor daño a nuestro sector productivo por la competencia desleal que hemos comprobado que generan”, reitera Martín Dueñas.

No hay incremento de importaciones
El Presidente de la CICEG sostuvo que desde el fin de las cuotas compensatorias a China no se presentó un incremento desproporcionado de las importaciones de ese país.

“Les puedo informar que las importaciones de calzado chino continuaron con la misma tendencia de crecimiento observado en los años anteriores, es de resaltar que el anuncio que hicimos el 12 de diciembre sobre el inicio de las conversaciones entre México y China tuvo el éxito que nos habíamos trazado a fin de evitar se incrementaran de manera importante y peligrosa las importaciones de China”, concluye Martín Dueñas.

http://eleconomista.com.mx/estados/2012/02/05/negocian-acuerdo-china-tema-calzado]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Embajada de China en México ofrece recepción para celebrar el Año Nuevo Chino y el 40 aniversario de relaciones diplomáticas sino-mexicanas]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=101</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<P>Embajada de China en México ofrece recepción para celebrar el Año Nuevo Chino y el 40 aniversario de relaciones diplomáticas sino-mexicanas</P>
<P>Embajada de China en México ofrece recepción para celebrar el Año Nuevo Chino y el 40 aniversario de relaciones diplomáticas sino-mexicanas<BR>&nbsp;<BR>La Embajada de China en México ofreció el 30 de enero por la noche una recepción en el Museo Nacional de Antropología de la Ciudad de México, para celebrar el Año Nuevo Lunar Chino y el 40 aniversario del establecimiento de relaciones diplomáticas entre China y México. Unos 400 invitados, entre ellos, la Subsecretaria de Relaciones Exteriores de México, Embajadora María de Lourdes Aranda Bezaury, y el Inspector y Controlador General de la Marina, Almirante Manuel Paulín Fristsche, asistieron al acto.</P>
<P>En su discurso, el Embajador Zeng Gang hizo un balance de los profundos sentimientos amistosos entre los dos pueblos y los éxitos logrados por ambas partes en su cooperación en diversos terrenos. Afirmó que la constante profundización de la cooperación mutuamente beneficiosa y de la Asociación Estratégica entre los dos países, registrada desde el establecimiento de relaciones diplomáticas se deben justamente a que ambas partes se han adaptado a la corriente de la época y que han realizado esfuerzos conjuntos. </P>
<P>Indicó que actualmente, las relaciones sino-mexicanas se encuentran en un escenario histórico totalmente nuevo. Como grandes naciones de sus respectivas regiones e importantes economías emergentes a nivel mundial, la profundización de la asociación estratégica entre China y México no sólo corresponde a los intereses fundamentales de los dos países y pueblos, sino que también reviste un significado de gran importancia y largo alcance tanto para la salvaguarda de la paz y el desarrollo regionales y mundiales, así como para la promoción del establecimiento de un orden político y económico internacional más justo y razonable y para la reforma de los mecanismos de gobernanza de la economía global. </P>
<P>El Embajador Zeng declaró que China desea aprovechar las oportunidades que supone la celebración de los 40 años de lazos oficiales para trabajar junto con los amigos de los diversos sectores sociales del país azteca, a fin de promover las relaciones binacionales a un nivel más alto.</P>
<P>Por su parte, la Subsecretaria de Relaciones Exteriores, Embajadora María de Lourdes Aranda extendió sus mejores deseos para el pueblo chino por el inicio del Año del Dragón, en el que, según la funcionaria, los vínculos binacionales seguirán creciendo rápidamente, con base en la amistad que une a ambos países, en el respeto mutuo y la colaboración. </P>
<P>Recalcó que el 2012 también es un año importante para las dos naciones, porque el próximo 14 de febrero se cumplirán 40 años del establecimiento de relaciones diplomáticas entre México y China.<BR>&nbsp;<BR>Señaló que la vitalidad con la que se conducen los vínculos bilaterales se manifiesta en los muchos intercambios de visitas y reuniones del más alto nivel, así como en el crecimiento constante de los intercambios económicos, comerciales y de cooperación entre ambas partes, y en el palpable interés de sus sociedades por conocerse.</P>
<P>Tras asegurar que el diálogo y la cooperación entre México y China tienen un amplísimo potencial, la funcionaria mexicana expresó su deseo de que en este Año del Dragón, la Asociación Estratégica entre México y China refleje las virtudes de este imponente animal mítico.</P>
<P>Al término de la recepción, los invitados se deleitaron con una espectacular velada artística ofrecida por el Conjunto Folklórico de la provincia china de Shanxi. Las maravillosas presentaciones de los artistas chinos cautivaron al público.</P>
<P><A href="http://mx.china-embassy.org/esp/sgjs/t901849.htm">http://mx.china-embassy.org/esp/sgjs/t901849.htm</A></P>]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Carlos Slim, Let Mexico’s moguls battle]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=96</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<P>Carlos Slim,Let Mexico’s moguls battle </P>
<P>Mexico suffers from two near-monopolies. It should let them fight each other</P>
<P>In a futuristic art gallery which Carlos Slim opened last year in Mexico City, visitors can enjoy, among other things, a hall of rare coins and share certificates. Sometimes art speaks louder than words.<BR>Mr Slim is the richest man in the world. According to Forbes, he and his family have amassed a comfortable nest egg of $63 billion. (Bill Gates would be richer had he given away less of his stash, or Mr Slim more of his.) In Mexico Mr Slim is a giant: his companies account for more than a third of the stockmarket.<BR>The Slim fortune was made in telephony. After growing moderately rich from property, mining and other businesses, Mr Slim, the son of a Lebanese immigrant named Salim, bought Telmex, Mexico’s state-run telephone monopoly, in 1990. Telmex still has 80% of Mexico’s landlines, and about 75% of its broadband connections. Telcel, its sister company, has 70% of the mobile market. Both now belong to América Móvil, a Slim venture which has spread across 18 countries in the Americas and is the biggest or second-biggest player in all but three. With nearly 250m subscribers, it is the world’s third-biggest mobile-phone company, and accounts for about 60% of Mr Slim’s wealth, according to Forbes. Much the biggest market for América Móvil is Mexico, where profit margins in the stifled mobile sector are among the highest in the world.<BR>Mexicans complain that it is impossible to pass a day without putting pesos into Mr Slim’s pockets. His interests span retail, banking, construction and much else (including an 8% stake in the New York Times). But one huge market eludes him. Under the terms of his Telmex concession, he forfeited the right to enter Mexico’s pay-television business. So whereas América Móvil offers “triple play” packages of phone, internet and television nearly everywhere else in Latin America, in his biggest market Mr Slim is tuned out from TV.<BR>For many years he has tried to chip away at this ban, just as his rivals have tried to loosen his grip on telephones. Neither has succeeded. Mexico’s regulators have found it hard to enforce competition in either market thanks to a blizzard of writs. Between 2005 and 2010, the telecoms sector generated more than 260 applications for injunctions, judgments of annulment and judicial reviews, says a report published on January 30th by the OECD, a group of mainly rich countries which includes Mexico. The “relentless use of injunctions, in particular by [América Móvil]…has replaced, to a large extent, the right and responsibility of government to implement economic policy and regulation,” it says.<BR>This has cost Mexico dearly. Though it is one of Latin America’s richest countries, mobile-phone penetration stands at 88%, among the lowest rates in the continent. In Brazil, a poorer country, it is 119% (ie, it has more mobile phones than people). Prices for customers who make few calls and pay in advance are reasonable. But chattier customers pay more than in many rich countries. Fast broadband is scarce and pricey (see chart). The OECD calculates that excessive pricing in Mexico’s “dysfunctional” telephone and broadband markets has cost the country some $26 billion a year (in purchasing-power parity terms).<BR>The cost to business of slow and patchy internet connections was not included, but is clearly huge. Complaints of downtime and blackouts abound on Apestan.com (roughly, “TheyStink.com”), a consumer-rage website on which Telcel and Telmex attract more complaints than any other company in Mexico.<BR>There are signs that Mr Slim’s grip on Mexican telephones is being prised open. In April Mexico’s Federal Competition Commission (CFC) hit Telcel with a fine of $1 billion, the biggest it had ever handed out, for abusing its dominant position by charging high fees to rivals for connecting calls. Telcel is appealing and has yet to pay up. A new competition law has beefed up penalties for antitrust offenders, with prison terms of up to ten years for collusion. (Mr Slim has not been accused of this.)<BR>A few weeks later the Supreme Court ruled that telecoms rules should continue to apply while they were being challenged in court. This is normal elsewhere, but in Mexico regulatory decisions have been suspended for years while judges puzzle over challenges by Mr Slim and others.<BR>Armed with these new powers, the telephone regulator, Cofetel, has at last succeeded in drastically reducing telephone interconnection fees. As long as these fees are high, “off-net” calls will be more costly than the “on-net” calls made to phones on the same network. This provides consumers with a powerful incentive to join the operator to which most of their friends belong—which in Mexico nearly always means Telcel. In March Cofetel ordered that interconnection fees be reduced from 0.95 pesos ($0.08) to 0.39 pesos, taking Mexico from a relatively high rate to one of the lowest in the OECD. Retail prices have already fallen: Telcel cut the price of its off-net calls by two-thirds, and Telefónica by half. Telmex lowered the price of calls to mobiles (thereby probably reducing the national inflation rate). The cuts may not end there: Cofetel is considering applying “asymmetric regulation” to América Móvil, which could force it to charge less to its rivals than they charge it.<BR>América Móvil is furious. Carlos García Moreno, its chief financial officer, warns that the cut will deter operators from covering poor rural areas, where customers tend to receive more calls than they make. He points out that in most of Europe fees started to drop only when penetration had reached 100%. But no OECD country has an incumbent with a market share like that of Telcel, notes Agustín Díaz-Pinés, an economist at the OECD.<BR>Mr Slim has annoyed foreigners, too. Every year Americans make more than 20,000 years of calls to Mexico, more than to all of western Europe. In 2004 America won a case against Mexico at the World Trade Organisation over Mexico’s failure to stop Telmex from overcharging American companies to dial into the country. Comptel, an American business association, has accused Telmex of not consolidating local area codes (so local calls are charged as long-distance) and of inserting recorded messages into calls from rival carriers, warning that future calls might fail.<BR>Technological change could squeeze Mr Slim. Telephone calls and TV are increasingly delivered through the same cable. Since 2007 cable companies in Mexico have offered bundled services of phone, internet and television, which América Móvil may not do. A quarter of fixed-broadband customers now get online via cable. And as Mexico’s middle class expands, the broadband market is growing by a quarter each year.<BR>Wireless broadband is another threat to Mr Slim. In 2010 an auction of new spectrum allowed his mobile competitors to offer 3G mobile-data services. Televisa, the biggest pay-TV company, which is controlled by the Azcárraga family, is trying to add mobile telephony to its products. Its proposal to buy half of Iusacell, a small mobile operator, was blocked by the CFC on the ground that the other half of the company is owned by TV Azteca, Televisa’s main rival in television.<BR>New technology offers Mr Slim opportunities, too: it could allow him to invade Televisa’s turf. Free-to-air television in Mexico is a stale duopoly in which 70% of viewers tune in to channels broadcast by Televisa, the biggest media company in the Spanish-speaking world. Televisa dominates pay-TV as well, with about 45% of Mexico’s cable market and 60% of the satellite market. According to the CFC, more competition in the pay-TV sector could slash prices and increase the size of the market by more than a third.<BR>Telmex is hammering on the door. In October it cheekily transmitted live footage of the Pan American games via its website. Rivals cried foul, but so far there has been no sanction. In 2008 Mr Slim engineered a deal with Dish, a satellite-TV firm, whereby Telmex would provide billing services for the broadcaster and sell its packages in its shops. Again, rivals have complained, to no avail.<BR>The partnership has been successful. In its first two years Dish won 2m customers, equal to nearly 40% of the satellite market and about 17% of the entire pay-TV market. Its cheapest deal is 109 pesos a month, less than half the cost of the cheapest package with Sky Mexico, the market leader, which is majority-owned by Televisa. Pay-TV could be even bigger: more Mexican homes have TVs than fridges.<BR>Next, Mr Slim craves a broadcast licence of his own, perhaps when Mexico switches to digital television, freeing up enough spectrum for at least two new national free-to-air channels. In 2010 Felipe Calderón, the president, issued a decree bringing forward the digital switchover from 2021 to 2015. The decree was suspended after complaints by incumbent-friendly senators. Cofetel said that it would move ahead with an auction of two new channels. But on January 25th it announced, without explanation, that it had decided to suspend the project indefinitely.<BR>The big prize for Mr Slim would be a change in the rules to allow him to use his vast network of phone lines to deliver television. The copper lines would need to be upgraded to fibre, a project which Telmex has already begun (to provide faster broadband). Cable-TV companies fret that Mr Slim will crush them: he already has 14.4m fixed-line phone customers, whereas their cables are only in 5.5m homes.<BR>Two things hold Mr Slim back. One is that, with a general election due on July 1st, few politicians dare irk the incumbent broadcasters. In 2008 Santiago Creel, a senator who had argued for more competition in television, was blurred out in Televisa’s coverage of a Senate debate. Televisa blamed an “editing error”.<BR>A source says the presidency leant on the CFC (unsuccessfully, in the end) to approve Televisa’s proposed acquisition of half of Iusacell. Cofetel’s announcement that it would shelve plans to auction new free-to-air TV channels was seen by some as a sop to the giant broadcaster. A common saying in the industry is that Mexico’s phone sector may be about four times more valuable than the television market, but the latter is four times as powerful.<BR>Mr Slim’s second weakness is content. Unsurprisingly, Televisa and TV Azteca are unwilling to sell their programmes to pay-TV rivals such as Dish, and there is no rule forcing them to. Televisa’s “Channel of the Stars” pumps out wildly popular telenovelas such as “Abyss of Passion” and “Hope of the Heart”, to which families tune in religiously. Though they are also broadcast on free-to-air television, many prefer to watch them via cable or satellite, as the signal is much better. About 40% of time spent watching pay-TV is reckoned to be spent watching free channels.<BR>So Mr Slim would have to woo audiences not just with low prices, but with good Mexican programming (imported Argentine telenovelas, with their funny accents, won’t do). It would, in short, mean fierce competition, something that for Mexico’s strangled TV and telecoms markets cannot come soon enough.</P>
<P><A href="http://www.economist.com/node/21546028">http://www.economist.com/node/21546028</A></P>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[                    México y China refuerzan relaciones diplomáticas

Milenio Noticias

En el marco de la celebración de la llegada del nuevo año chino, México y China celebraron 40 años de diplomacia en un evento encabezado por el embajador de China en México, Zeng Gang.

A lo largo de estos 40 años, México y la República Popular China han estrechado lazos culturales, comerciales y políticos con el fin de beneficiar a los habitantes de ambas naciones, por ello, Zeng Gang, embajador de China en México, agradeció a las autoridades mexicanas el apoyo recibido en las buenas y en las malas. Como representante del gobierno mexicano estuvo presente Lourdes Aranda Bezauri, subsecretaria de Relaciones Exteriores.

En la celebración también estuvo presente una delegación china que pudo disfrutar de un evento gastronómico en el que se presentaron platillos fusión de ambas naciones. El gran cierre de esta festiva velada lo dio el espectacular Ballet Folklórico de la provincia de Shanxi, quienes interpretaron 12 actos, entre los que sobresalieron danzas y solos de tambor, violín y corneta.

Con atuendos llenos de color, un grupo de bailarines interpretaron danzas como Faroles Rojos, Rodando nueces, Flores rojas de durazno y flores blancas del albaricoque y Tashi Delek, que en tibetano significa felicidades.

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      <title><![CDATA[China and Mexico celebrate 40 years of diplomacy with cultural festival]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<P>China and Mexico celebrate 40 years of diplomacy with cultural festival</P>
<P>On the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations with Mexico, China today unveiled a theater festival in Mexico City as part of the celebrations of Chinese New Year Dragon 2012.</P>
<P>With these reasons, China’s ambassador in Mexico, Zeng Gang, expressed his sincere thanks to the Mexican authorities and the Chinese delegation presented a bright tonight show.</P>
<P>In the first four decades of diplomacy, political ties, trade and cultural relations between both nations have been strengthened, which have brought benefits to both peoples, said the diplomat.</P>
<P>“The friendship between the two countries is based on cultural exchange in the promotion of brotherhood and healthy living,” said Zeng Gang.</P>
<P>Explaining that this show is dance and traditional Chinese folk music, invited artists and musicians from Mexico to visit China, “to become carriers and spokespersons for the Mexican culture.”</P>
<P>He thanked the Federal District Government (GDF) in the Mexican capital for all the facilities granted to present this show to commemorate 40 years of bilateral diplomacy.</P>
<P>The head of China’s diplomacy in Mexico wished all those attending the festival “very lucky in the Year of the Dragon 2012.”</P>
<P>The dancers presented the Asian country of Chinese traditions, like the dance of 12 players with great harmony and energy.</P>
<P>The Chinese drum performer drew the first applause of the audience, as conveyed joy as do Chinese peasants where it started and played the percussion instrument.</P>
<P>The Red Lantern Dance was a surprise to everyone who attended this festive event, and in which six Chinese girls showed synchrony in the dance performed.</P>
<P>Then came the performance of the Yellow River, in which a performer gave a great lesson in the domain of wind instrument.</P>
<P>At the peak of the show, the Chinese musician sang the Mexican song “La Paloma” as a tribute and recognition of China to the traditions of Mexico.</P>
<P>Five Asian country maidens showed their acting skills with grace and perfect timing in a dance of a Chinese province.</P>
<P>Then came the performance of a musician who sounds masterfully pulled his string instrument, similar to the violin, and imitated “Thousand Horses” in full gallop with his neigh classic, which started a long applause.</P>
<P>Nearly two-hour show, 12 dancers gave its excellent chair that gave enhanced through the use of large yellow scarves with golden discs of cardboard, topped with a long run and with the applause which closed on holidays.</P>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mexico offers greetings on Chinese lunar New Year, anniversary of ties]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[           Mexico offers greetings on Chinese lunar New Year, anniversary of ties

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Mexico's Deputy Foreign Minister Maria de Lourdes Aranda on Monday offered greetings to China on the lunar New Year of the Dragon, and the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

"I am convinced that this year China will continue to strengthen its growth and its position as a major economy and priority partner for the international community," Aranda said at a reception held by the Chinese embassy at the National Museum of Anthropology.

Feb. 14 marks the 40th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties. "I'm sure the vitality, strength and wisdom that characterize the dragon will be reflected in all projects we undertake this year," she said.

"Dialogue and cooperation between Mexico and China have huge potential," she added.

For his part, Chinese Ambassador Zeng Gang said: "The two countries have maintained high-level exchanges and close political relations are increasingly mature."

Zeng said China and Mexico have set up a number of important dialogue and cooperation mechanisms, including the Strategic Partnership, the Permanent Binational Commission, the Strategic Dialogue and the Permanent Inter-Parliamentary Dialogue Forum.

The two countries have signed more than 60 cooperation agreements covering various sectors. In 2011 alone, two-way trade reached almost 34 billion U.S. dollars.

"If we manage our relationship from the strategic, long-term perspective, with our mutual understanding, respect, support and cooperation, China-Mexico relations will surely have a brighter future," said the ambassador.

China and Mexico established a strategic partnership in 2003. Over the past four decades, China-Mexico relations have enjoyed steady development, with their friendship and mutually beneficial cooperation strengthened in an all-round way. Mexico is China's second largest trading partner in Latin America after Brazil. 

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      <title><![CDATA[Se rezaga México en ventas a China]]></title>
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                              Se rezaga México en ventas a China

Silvia Olvera

Monterrey— México exporta a China apenas 1.2 por ciento de sus ventas totales al exterior, lo que ubica al país en el último lugar de América Latina por sus relaciones comerciales con la nación asiática, según un reporte de JP Morgan.

Chile está aprovechando mejor el acuerdo comercial de su país con China y prueba de ello es que en América Latina lidera las exportaciones hacia esa nación.

De acuerdo a un reporte de la correduría, del 100 por ciento de las ventas al exterior, China representa el 25.3 por ciento de las exportaciones chilenas, en tanto que a Estados Unidos exporta 3.7 por ciento.

Brasil es el segundo país de Latinoamérica con más envíos de mercancía hacia territorio chino, con un 15.2 por ciento del total.

Mientras que México sigue concentrando su comercio en Estados Unidos hacia donde exporta el 78.8 por ciento de sus productos y manufacturas no petroleras, y China apenas representa el 1.2 por ciento.

En promedio los países latinoamericanos concentran 10.7 por ciento de sus ventas en territorio del dragón.

Para las naciones que tienen más relación comercial con el asiático, esto significará una ventaja en mediano plazo dado el crecimiento que reportará la economía china este año.

Ante la desaceleración de las grandes economías industrializadas, este año los países emergentes que forman el bloque de los BRICs (Brasil, Rusia, India y China), serán las que apoyarán la estabilidad económica mundial, según las últimas previsiones del Fondo Monetario Internacional emitidas hace una semana.

Precisamente China, podría crecer 8.2 por ciento en 2012 y 8.8 por ciento en 2013, que aunque está lejos del crecimiento espectacular alcanzado en los dos años previos, es un dinamismo que pocas naciones pueden presumir.

Además contrasta con el crecimiento de 1.8 y 2.2 por ciento previsto para Estados Unidos, el principal socio comercial de México.



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      <title><![CDATA[Prevén más castigos para productos chinos]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[                               Prevén más castigos para productos chinos

México podría duplicar el número de cuotas compensatorias contra importaciones de China en el 2012 por la cantidad de casos ya en curso legal o en proceso de hacer, derivados del desmantelamiento de las medidas de transición impuestas a ese país.

“Esperamos que los casos se incrementen de manera importante, muy probablemente a niveles récord”, dijo Víctor Aguilar, jefe de la Unidad de Prácticas Comerciales Internacionales (UPCI) de la Secretaría de Economía.

México aplica ahora 13 cuotas compensatorias contra productos importados de China, una cantidad que podría doblarse dado que industrias mexicanas han presentado, o lo harán, 13 o 14 casos adicionales.

“La mayoría de los casos pudieran tener éxito en imponer algún tipo de medida”, agregó el funcionario.

Esto se debe a la experiencia que tienen los abogados mexicanos en este tipo de litigios, quienes normalmente no se comprometen a defender un cliente si no creen contar con posibilidades altas de éxito.

México no es él único en poner en la mira a China en la defensa de prácticas desleales. Cada vez más países están incrementado la cantidad de cuotas contra las importaciones de ese país asiático.

La semana pasada Barack Obama, presidente de Estados Unidos, aseveró que su país había comenzado casi el doble de los casos comerciales contra China que los iniciados por la administración anterior. En Brasil se ha dado también un incremento en los casos, según las acciones o anuncios de su industria.

CHINA ACUSA PROTECCIONISMO

Ya desde diciembre del 2011, Chen Deming, ministro de Comercio de China, se manifestó en contra de esta tendencia. De enero a septiembre de ese año su país había sostenido 50 investigaciones de remedio comercial, por un valor de 3,000 millones de dólares. “Es relativamente evidente que China ha estado sometida a los daños del proteccionismo”, dijo Deming entonces y pidió no abusar de las cuotas compensatorias.

Desde el 12 de diciembre del 2011 a 204 productos que incluyen calzado, prendas de vestir, juguetes, válvulas, tejidos y carriolas, entre otros, se les dejaron de aplicar las medidas de transición (sobre tasas a importación) de 45 a 250% si se importaban de China.

Tras ese desmantelamiento, la UPCI ha recibido dos casos de peticiones de cuotas compensatorias contra importaciones de productos chinos y están en puerta otros ocho casos y tres o cuatro más podrían presentarse en el transcurso del primer semestre.

rmorales@eleconomista.com.mx

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      <title><![CDATA[Celebración del Año Nuevo Chino en México 2012]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=86</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<H1><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">Celebración del Año Nuevo Chino en México 2012</FONT></H1>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">Este 2012 es el&nbsp;<STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">año del Dragón de agua</STRONG>, animal que inspira mucho respeto en la cultura china. Esta fuertemente vinculado con el agua porque se cree que son los gobernantes del los cuerpos de agua en movimiento, como las cascadas, los ríos y los mares. El Dragón según los chinos es un animal efervescente y creativo que además representa la sabiduría y la honestidad.</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">El&nbsp;<STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">festival del Año Nuevo Chino</STRONG> se celebra en todo el mundo, y es una ocasión especial para que la gente abandone </FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">el trabajo y se una a su familia y amigos. El festival en sí dura en realidad unas tres semanas, pero depende de la localidad en la que te encuentres y de la organización de la comunidad china local la duración.</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">En el&nbsp;<STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">festival</STRONG> <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">del Año Nuevo Chino</STRONG>, se cuelgan banderas rojas y se lanzan petardos. </FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">En este día especial se cuelgan papeles escritos con bendiciones&nbsp; y buenos augurios por toda la casa. &nbsp;Los familiares que viven lejos de sus familias hacen un esfuerzo para llegar a este día especial y dan &nbsp;“dinero de buena suerte” en sobres rojos a los niños y los ancianos y se quedan despiertos toda la noche para dar la bienvenida al Año Nuevo.</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">En el&nbsp;<STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">Día del Año Nuevo Chino</STRONG>, la gente se pone sus mejores trajes y va a visitar a sus amigos y familiares para intercambiar deseos de&nbsp;Kung-hsi fa-tsai , que significa felicitaciones y prosperidad. Es una noche especial para reflexionar y dejar atrás los rencores, compartir y abrazar a los amigos. Como en la mayoría de festividades, durante los días que se celebra se hacen suntuosas cenas con ingredientes que además tienen un fuerte significado en cuanto a lo que representan.</FONT></P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">Una de las cosas más bonitas durante el&nbsp;<STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">Festival del Año Nuevo Chino</STRONG>, es la danza del dragón y del león, que se cree que ahuyentan el mal.</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">Esta celebración como en todas las culturas, trae consigo algunos tabúes y creencias. Por ejemplo, la gente piensa que barrer el piso en los primeros cinco días del&nbsp;<STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">Año Nuevo Lunar</STRONG> les traerá mala suerte, debido a que uno puede por accidente, barrer la buena suerte y riqueza de uno fuera de casa. También está prohibido totalmente el lenguaje negativo y hablar de la muerte. Si se te rompe un plato, hay que decir tan pronto como sea posible “sui sui ping an,” que quiere decir &nbsp;”paz a través del año”. Hay que mantener encendidas las barras de incienso y las velas de los altares día y noche para promover la longevidad; y algunas familias esconden los cuchillos y las tijeras para evitar que uno accidentalmente corte el “hilo de la buena suerte” en el año que viene.</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">Como todos los años, en el barrio chino de la Ciudad de México, la comunidad prepara un festín que con el paso de los años se ha ido posicionando y ahora es un evento muy concurrido en el Centro Histórico.</FONT></P>
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      <description><![CDATA[<P>Cuarenta años de relaciones México-China</P>
<P>Carlos Heredia Zubieta</P>
<P>El 14 de febrero se celebrarán 40 años del establecimiento de las relaciones diplomáticas entre México y la República Popular China. Es un buen momento para tomarle el pulso a nuestros vínculos, dado que todos los mexicanos compramos de manera cotidiana productos de la segunda economía mundial.</P>
<P>En años recientes han invertido en China empresas mexicanas como Grupo Alfa, Gruma, Bimbo, Grupo Modelo, El Fogoncito, Grupo Idesa, Quinn México, Canels, Esmaltados Alfher y Softek, entre otras. Numerosas universidades hacen investigación sobre China: El Colegio de México, la UNAM, el CIDE, el Tec de Monterrey, las Universidades de Guadalajara, Colima, Michoacán, Nuevo León y Veracruz, y la Universidad de las Américas Puebla. Michoacán y el DF han enviado a China decenas de becarios a estudiar cómo hacer negocios.</P>
<P>China está ávida de comprar insumos para su crecimiento; sus mineras explotan cobre en Sinaloa, níquel en Chihuahua, mineral de hierro en Colima y Michoacán.</P>
<P>Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH), con sede en Hong Kong, opera terminales de contenedores en los puertos de Ensenada, Manzanillo, Lázaro Cárdenas y Veracruz. Golden Dragon fabrica tubería de cobre de alta calidad en Monclova, Coah; Lenovo ensambla computadoras en Monterrey. Con oficinas en Tampico, la firma petrolera Sinopec opera en la Huasteca. Giant Engine Company ensambla vehículos en Cd Sahagún, Hgo; y Minth fabrica molduras en Aguascalientes. Foton arma tractores agrícolas en Coatzacoalcos, Ver. ZTE y Huawei venden equipo a las telefónicas que operan en México.</P>
<P>México interesa a China por el suministro de materias primas y por su capacidad de absorber exportaciones. No hay una visión de largo plazo de la parte mexicana. Si queremos darle contenido a la frase: “ver a China como una oportunidad y no como una amenaza”, es necesaria la articulación de una estrategia integral mexicana para buscar alianzas.</P>
<P>En el sexenio 2012-2018, el eje de la relación tiene que ser la política y la diplomacia, complementadas por el ‘poder suave’ de la cultura, el conocimiento de las formas de hacer negocios y la diversificación de la oferta exportable mexicana. Los estados y municipios mexicanos están llamados a jugar un papel crucial.</P>
<P><A href="http://impreso.milenio.com/node/9091285">http://impreso.milenio.com/node/9091285</A><BR><A href="mailto:carlosherediaz@yahoo.com">carlosherediaz@yahoo.com</A></P>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[<P>“China, arriba y adelante” </P>
<P>Entrevista con el ex presidente mexicano Luis Echeverría.<BR>Por TANG SHUBIAO y WU YONGHENG</P>
<P>Echeverría fue elegido presidente de México en 1970. Durante su gobierno, entre 1970 y 1976, apoyó firmemente la restitución de los legítimos derechos de la República Popular China en las Naciones Unidas, mientras promovía activamente el desarrollo de las relaciones bilaterales con el objeto de establecer relaciones diplomáticas entre los dos países. </P>
<P>Apoyo a la restitución de los derechos legítimos de China en la ONU<BR>&nbsp;<BR>En 1971, Echeverría encabezó la delegación mexicana que tomó parte en el 26º Periodo de Sesiones de la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas. Una vez que llegó a Nueva York, pidió continuamente que se respetara la soberanía de China y no se excluyera al país asiático del debate sobre los asuntos internacionales. En calidad de presidente de México, manifestó en su discurso ante la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas que era inconcebible excluir a China, un país cuya población representaba una cuarta parte de la población mundial, de la ONU. Cuando fue aprobada la moción para la restitución de los derechos legítimos de la República Popular China en las Naciones Unidas, los delegados mexicanos fueron los primeros en felicitar a la delegación china. “Nos abrazamos fuertemente. Estábamos muy entusiasmados”, recuerda Echeverría.</P>
<P>Por una amistad que heredarán las futuras generaciones<BR>&nbsp;<BR>Según recuerda Huang Shikang, intérprete de español del presidente Mao Zedong y ex embajador de China en México, cuando Echeverría visitó China en 1973, tanto en Beijing como en Shanghai, recibió una cálida bienvenida. </P>
<P>A lo largo de la mayor y más céntrica avenida de Beijing, la Avenida Chang’an, había miles de banderas nacionales de China y México. Las multitudes se apiñaban en la calle para brindar a Echeverría una calurosa bienvenida. Cuando la caravana de automóviles se detuvo en la Plaza Tian’anmen, el presidente Echeverría bajó del auto en compañía del primer ministro chino Zhou Enlai y mientras saludaban al pueblo, sorprendentemente había personas que le respondían en español: “¡Bienvenido, presidente mexicano!”. Cuando llegó a Shanghai, estaba ya muy avanzada la noche; tras una lluvia recia, se acumulaba el agua en el suelo, pero, aún así, miles de chinos lo esperaban en el aeropuerto, cantando y bailando por la amistad entre los dos pueblos. Al ver la cordialidad y el entusiasmo de los chinos, muchos amigos mexicanos se mostraron emocionados, e incluso algunos de ellos no pudieron evitar derramar lágrimas.</P>
<P>Le comenté a Jorge Nuño, mi ayudante, que quiero visitar de nuevo China, un viaje más descansado. Hay algunas partes del país que todavía quiero conocer. En la medida de mis posibilidades, trataré de aumentar las relaciones de China con México. Ya hace 40 años, cuando era presidente, y, en aquel entonces, todavía muy joven, visité China muchas veces, entre las cuales quiero destacar tres ocasiones. </P>
<P>Además de la primera vez, en 1973, la de 1978 fue también impresionante. Ese año ya no era presidente, pero me invitaron a visitar su país, e invité a mis hijos y nietos a viajar conmigo. Fuimos 31 en total. La tercera es la del 1 de julio de 1997, cuando fui invitado a participar en la ceremonia de celebración por la devolución de Hong Kong a China. Llevaba también a mis hijos, porque quizá ellos también podrían convertirse en amigos del pueblo chino y la amistad entre los dos pueblos se podría así heredar de generación en generación. </P>
<P>Cuando mis hijos y nietos regresaron de China, me escribieron por correo electrónico sobre su viaje; uno de mis nietos me dijo que el viaje por este país asiático fue una experiencia magnífica y les dio la oportunidad de conocer China y a su pueblo, que yo quería tanto.<BR>&nbsp;<BR>Sugerencias sobre las relaciones sino-mexicanas ( fragmentos de la entrevista) <BR>&nbsp;<BR>Luis Echeverria: Deben fortalecerse las relaciones entre los dos países. A muchos mexicanos que quieren ir a Europa o Australia, les digo: “Váyanse a China”, pues China es un excelente amigo nuestro. Siempre les digo “Arriba y adelante”. México debe abrir más las puertas y profundizar las relaciones con China. Importamos muchos productos chinos, pero, a la vez, exportamos muy poco. Tenemos que producir lo que pueda exportarse a China, por ejemplo, productos minerales, que son necesarios en China para su industria, que cada día será más grande. Que estudie más a fondo su minería. </P>
<P>Revista China Hoy: Gracias a lo que usted consiguió, en febrero del próximo año podremos festejar el 40º aniversario del establecimiento de las relaciones diplomáticas entre China y México. Queremos hacerle otra entrevista cuando se celebre este acontecimiento. </P>
<P>Luis Echeverria: Pensamos siempre mucho en China y deseamos muchas más relaciones con este país. Con el objetivo de promover las relaciones bilaterales, necesitamos más mercado y más Estado, que el Gobierno intervenga más; y por otro, esperamos que más jóvenes chinos vengan a México a aprender nuestro idioma. </P>
<P>Para seguir la entrevista completa sigue el siguiente link,<BR><A href="http://www.chinatoday.mx/eco/analys/content/2011-12/15/content_412487.htm">http://www.chinatoday.mx/eco/analys/content/2011-12/15/content_412487.htm</A></P>]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Anuncian empresarios chinos intención de invertir en sector automotriz]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=79</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<P style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 14px/1.6 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(67,76,89); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">México, 31 Dic. (Notimex).- Luego del fracaso de la empresa automotriz china First Automobile Works Group (Faw) en México, los empresarios de ese país anunciaron su intención de continuar sus inversiones en este sector, pero esperan condiciones diferentes.</P>
<P style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 14px/1.6 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(67,76,89); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">El consejero económico y comercial de la embajada de China en México, Chen Yuming, reveló que la coinversión de Faw con Grupo Salinas en México no tuvo éxito por dos razones.</P>
<P style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 14px/1.6 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(67,76,89); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">Dijo que en ese proyecto el grupo empresarial chino solamente ocupaba 20 por ciento de participación, en tanto que 80 por ciento restante era del grupo mexicano, lo que eliminaba el derecho de voto de los empresarios orientales en cuanto a las decisiones de la empresa.</P>
<P style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 14px/1.6 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(67,76,89); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">La otra razón, explicó, es que cuando se hicieron las negociaciones para abrir el mercado mexicano a los automóviles chinos, el tipo de cambio estaba entre los ocho y los 10 pesos por dólar, pero cuando llegó el momento de contratar el dólar ya estaba en 14 pesos por unidad.</P>
<P style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 14px/1.6 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(67,76,89); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">'Entonces, en ese caso, la parte China y la parte mexicana consideraron que no era conveniente concretarlo, por eso lo paró y lo postergó'.</P>
<P style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 14px/1.6 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(67,76,89); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">Y es que el acuerdo comercial entre ambas entidades empresariales llegó hasta la colocación de la primera piedra en noviembre de 2007 en el estado de Michoacán, donde se tenía contemplado el ensamble de unos 100 mil vehículos anuales, además de que la empresa china tuvo el permiso de importar unos cinco mil vehículos anuales.</P>
<P style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 14px/1.6 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(67,76,89); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">Hasta ahí llegó el proyecto, después de la colocación de la primera piedra no hubo ni un kilogramo de cemento más construido y todo se paró sin que ninguna de las partes diera una explicación.</P>
<P style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 14px/1.6 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(67,76,89); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">Hoy en día, Chen Yuming expresó los verdaderos motivos del rompimiento de la relación, y aunque dejó ver que es un proyecto congelado, también señaló que China no ha quitado el dedo del renglón en continuar sus inversiones en México, particularmente en el sector automotriz.</P>
<P style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 14px/1.6 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(67,76,89); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">'Muchas empresas chinas están estudiando la posibilidad de invertir en el sector automotoriz, como Faw con Grupo Salinas', y aunque nadie aún revela los nombres de las empresas interesadas en llegar a México, los chinos ya revelaron su interés.</P>
<P style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 14px/1.6 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(67,76,89); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">Por lo pronto, dijo que hasta la fecha ya concretaron una inversión en Ciudad de Obregón, otra de tubo de cobre de precisión, otra de ensamblaje de computadoras portátiles en Monterrey y una inversión concreta en Ciudad de Juárez para una planta de televisores.</P>
<P style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 14px/1.6 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(67,76,89); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">Además de que tienen una granja de cultivo de arroz en Campeche, con mil hectáreas para el mercado local.</P>
<P style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 14px/1.6 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(67,76,89); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">Esos son productos e inversiones concretadas, además de que sigue en estudio la inversión en los sectores automotriz, minero, infraestructura, agricultura y productos del mar.</P>]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Visita a la Zona de Desarrollo Economico en Deqing]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=85</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 18px"><B style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px"><I style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">La Cámara Española de Comercio en China junto con la MexCham, la SwissCham, la Cámara Colombiana e invitados espaciales realizan un recorrido a la Zona de Desarrollo Económico en Deqing. </I></B><B style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px"><I style="FONT-FAMILY: "></I></B></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">La región de Deqing se encuentra en la provincia de Zhejiang, es una ciudad localizada al oeste de la ciudad de Hangzhou y forma parte de la rivera del Yangtze.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">Autoridades y responsables de la región de Deqing estuvieron presentes a la llegada de la misión liderada por la Cámara de Comercio Española, en una calurosa bienvenida los asistentes escucharon las características y áreas de oportunidad, que este interesante parque industrial ofrece a inversionistas nacionales y extranjeros. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">Por medio de un video y una presentación presentaron las facilidades, ubicación, servicios que la zona ofrece a sus empresarios, así mismo se describieron los proyectos de inversión que actualmente manejan, empresas textiles, bicicletas, biomédica, mecánica, electrónica &amp; IT y aviación. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">Cuentan con 1000 empresas aproximadamente, con una inversión de 15millones de yuanes (2010), sus tarifas por metro cuadrado se cotizan de 8-10 yuanes y su principal objetivo es atraer inversión extranjera, como su mayor meta lograda por parte de Microsoft quien invirtió 1billon de yuanes en instalar su fábrica para desarrollo de software y tecnologías. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">Sin lugar a dudas, Deqing es una zona que brinda condiciones apropiadas para invertir y echar a andar un proyecto comercial. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">Para más información, </FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">Jackie ZHANG / jackzgy77@163.com </FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px"></FONT>&nbsp;</P>]]></description>
      <pubDate>2011-11-15</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[México busca ampliar cooperación agropecuaria con China]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=84</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 30px">México busca ampliar cooperación agropecuaria con China</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">Una delegación de empresarios mexicanos llegó a China con el objetivo de expandir la cooperación con compañías chinas de productos agropecuarios. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">En 2010, la UNESCO reconoció a la gastronomía mexicana, junto a la francesa, como Patrimonio Intangible de la Humanidad.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">La delegación de 32 empresarios, encabezada por un alto funcionario de la Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería y Pesca de México, llegó a China para dar a conocer la oferta mexicana en alimentos, diversificar sus mercados y entablar relaciones directas con compradores chinos de carne de cerdo, pescados y mariscos, frutas, legumbres, café, tequila, entre otros.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">En una cena ofrecida por la Cámara de Comercio de México en China, los representantes de hoteles y restaurantes, así como empresarios chinos se reunieron con la delegación mexicana a fin de ampliar la cooperación.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">Hace diez años, el 90% de las exportaciones mexicanas tenían como destino Estados Unidos y Canadá. Sin embargo, gracias a la apertura de su mercado, China se está convirtiendo en uno de los principales socios comerciales de México.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Sigue el video de esta noticia en el siguiente link:</FONT></P>
<P><A href="http://espanol.cntv.cn/program/Noticiario/20111104/105717.shtml"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">http://espanol.cntv.cn/program/Noticiario/20111104/105717.shtml</FONT></A></P>
<P><A href="http://espanol.cntv.cn/20111104/105427.shtml"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow">http://espanol.cntv.cn/20111104/105427.shtml</FONT></A></P>]]></description>
      <pubDate>2011-11-4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Delegación empresarial mexicana califica de histórica visita a China]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=83</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<H2 class=title-1><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 30px">Delegación empresarial mexicana califica de histórica visita a China</FONT></H2>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Una delegación empresarial de México realiza una visita a China que su presidente, Gabriel Padilla, calificó de histórica por <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">la firma de varios convenios</STRONG> para construir una relación de largo plazo en el <STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">sector agroalimentario</STRONG>.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">De esa forma resumió hoy aquí Padilla en declaraciones a Prensa Latina el balance de los contactos entre autoridades y ejecutivos de compañías de ambas partes en esta capital, punto de partida de un programa de dos semanas iniciado el pasado lunes y que continuará en otras tres ciudades.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Esta es la primera vez que una representación mexicana de los principales líderes del sector viaja a China a presentar sus ofertas directamente y conocer a potenciales compradores</STRONG>, precisó el funcionario al fundamentar su evaluación.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Añadió que el objetivo es promover las exportaciones de carne de cerdo, misión favorecida por las visitas realizadas en junio pasado por inspectores de la autoridad sanitaria de esta nación a México y la firma en 2008 de un protocolo para el envío del mencionado producto.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">De acuerdo con Padilla, es muy probable que China autorice la importación de carne cerdo mexicana para beneficio del comercio bilateral, hoy con superávit para la segunda economía del mundo.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">México tiene un potencial de 70 mil toneladas anuales de esa exportación, el 90 por ciento de las cuales las embarca a Japón y Surcorea</STRONG>, de abrirse el mercado chino, ese total se elevaría a 90 mil, sin descartarse un nivel superior.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Esta misión es histórica también por la firma de 14 convenios de colaboración con la Cámara Nacional de Importación y Exportación de China,</STRONG> las principales asociaciones mayoristas, tiendas por departamentos y supermercados, entre otras entidades anfitrionas.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Fuente: PL</FONT></P>
<P><A href="http://www.agroeconomica.pe/2011/11/delegacion-empresarial-mexicana-califica-de-historica-visita-a-china/"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow">http://www.agroeconomica.pe/2011/11/delegacion-empresarial-mexicana-califica-de-historica-visita-a-china/</FONT></A></P>]]></description>
      <pubDate>2011-11-3</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Inaugurado un seminario sobre oportunidades de negocios China-México]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=82</link>
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<H1 id=title>Inaugurado un seminario sobre oportunidades de negocios China-México</H1></FONT>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Sonia&nbsp;2011-11-02 / </FONT><A href="http://spanish.china.org.cn/"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px" color=#0066cc>spanish.china.org.c</FONT></A><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">n</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 6px 3px 0px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">(SPANISH.CHINA.ORG.CN) - Empresarios chinos y mexicanos se reunieron ayer martes en Pekín con motivo de la inauguración del Seminario sobre Oportunidades de Negocios China-México.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 6px 3px 0px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">El evento, organizado conjuntamente por el Consejo para el Fomento del Comercio Internacional de China (CCPIT, siglas en inglés) y la Cámara Mexicana de Comercio en China, cuenta con la participación de una delegación mexicana del sector de productos agrícolas y más de 60 empresarios chinos.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 6px 3px 0px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">Según el CCPIT, todas las empresas mexicanas que toman parte en el evento están altamente cualificadas en los ámbitos de producción y venta de alimentos, por lo que tienen permitido importarlos a China.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 6px 3px 0px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">Yang Xiaodong, director del Centro de Desarrollo y Cooperación Comercial del CCPIT, señaló que China es el segundo mayor socio comercial de México en Asia, mientras que este último es a su vez el tercer socio más importante de China en América Latina.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 6px 3px 0px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">'Este seminario constituye una buena oportunidad para presentar más y mejores productos agrícolas mexicanos a cada vez más consumidores chinos', destacó.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 6px 3px 0px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">China anima a las compañías de ambos países a que aprovechen los beneficios que ofrece la plataforma de protección del comercio de importación para desarrollar el potencial de cooperación y promover el desarrollo de las relaciones comeciales bilaterales, agregó Yang.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 6px 3px 0px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px"></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 6px 3px 0px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">Por su parte, Gabriel Padilla, jefe de la delegación mexicana, invitó a las empresas chinas a invertir en México. 'México es un país con una economía basada en gran medida en la exportación de productos agrícolas y gracias al apoyo del gobierno chino, las importaciones a China han aumentado', apuntó.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 6px 3px 0px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">Durante el evento, seis representantes mexicanos firmaron un acuerdo de cooperación con el Centro de Desarrollo y Cooperación Comercial del CCPIT</FONT>.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 6px 3px 0px">&nbsp;</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 6px 3px 0px"><A href="http://spanish.china.org.cn/china/txt/2011-11/02/content_23792852.htm"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow">http://spanish.china.org.cn/china/txt/2011-11/02/content_23792852.htm</FONT></A></P>]]></description>
      <pubDate>2011-11-2</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[China-Mexico Business Opportunities Seminar opens]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=80</link>
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<H2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; China-Mexico Business Opportunities Seminar opens</H2></FONT>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">BEIJING-- <I style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">The China-Mexico Business Opportunities Seminar, jointly held by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) and MEXCHAM China, opened Tuesday in Beijing.</I> </FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">A Mexican farm products business delegation and more than 60 Chinese entrepreneurs are attending the seminar. All participating Mexican companies are highly qualified in food production and sales and are licensed to import into China, according to the CCPIT.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Yang Xiaodong, general director of the Business Development and Cooperation Center of the CCPIT, said China is Mexico's second largest trade partner in Asia, and Mexico is the third largest trade partner of China in Latin America.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">"This seminar is a good opportunity to bring more and better Mexican farm products to more and more Chinese," Yang said.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">He added that China encourages companies from both countries to make full use of the import trade protection platform to develop their cooperation potential and promote the development of bilateral trade relations.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Gabriel Padilla, head of the Mexican delegation, welcomed Chinese companies to invest in Mexico.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">"Mexico is a large farm products export country, and with the support of the Chinese government, Mexican exports have increased," Padilla said.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">During the seminar, six Mexican business representatives also signed a cooperation agreement with the Business Development and Cooperation Center of the CCPIT.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">"The agreement, which is an important aspect of pragmatic cooperation between China and Mexico, will help to deepen bilateral trade relations," Yang said.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 16px">http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/usa/business/2011-11/01/content_14017802.htm</FONT></P>]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mexican delegation to visit Chinese cities to promote agricultural products]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=81</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<P><B><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 24px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mexican delegation to visit Chinese cities&nbsp;to&nbsp;promote&nbsp;agricultural products</FONT></B></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">By Zhao Hongyi</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">A delegation of 32 Mexican companies exporting agricultural and food products including pork, seafood, fruits, vegetables, coffee and tequila will visit China from November 1 to 15.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">Led by Gabriel Padilla Maya, vice minister of agriculture and husbandry of Mexico, the delegation will visit Beijing, Shanghai, Dalian and Harbin to study each city’s potential market.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">“They will meet local government officials of commerce, hotel chains, supermarkets, restaurants and trade promoters to establish direct contacts and share benefits with the local Chinese buyers,” said Dr. Efren Calvo Adame, president of the Mexico-China Chamber of Commerce.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">The delegates are also expecting to contact agricultural producers and processors during their stay.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">The delegation’s plan took shape after the Chinese government authorized the commercialization and opened the door for Mexican pork imports earlier this month.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">The delegation will also hold a grand pork tasting event on the evening of November 2, said Ralista Mirova, press officer of the Embassy of Mexico in Beijing.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">The hosts have prepared Mexican pork, beverages, wines, fruits and coffee. The purpose is to demonstrate the high quality of Mexican food products.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">“We expect our Chinese friends to feel the hospitality, flavor and warmth of the Mexican culture,” Ralista said.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">China is the major exporter of accessories and components of the processing industry to Mexico, while Mexico exports mainly raw materials to China.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">The two countries are facing great pressure to balance their trade. Agriculture and food products is one of the few potential sectors in Mexico that can find a market in China.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18px">Meanwhile, many Chinese exported commodities are facing anti-dumping tariffs, said Zhang Shanli, Chinese counselor in Tijuana, Mexico. He and his consul are persuading Mexican importers to work on this issue.</FONT></P>
<P><A href="http://www.beijingtoday.com.cn/commerce-consulates/mexican-delegation-to-visit-chinese-cities-to-promote-agricultural-products"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow">http://www.beijingtoday.com.cn/commerce-consulates/mexican-delegation-to-visit-chinese-cities-to-promote-agricultural-products</FONT></A></P>]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mexican official says direct air route between Mexico, China likely to open in 2011]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=92</link>
      <description><![CDATA[      Mexican official says direct air route between Mexico, China likely to open in 2011

Maja Wallengren

MEXICO CITY, July 10 (Xinhua) -- A new direct air route between Mexico and China is expected to open before the end of 2011, a tourism official has said.

In an interview with Xinhua, Rodolfo Lopez Negrete, director of the Tourism Promotion Council of Mexico's Tourism Ministry, said opening a new direct route between Mexico City and Beijing is seen as one of the ministry's top priorities, and they are discussing the issue with several international airlines.

"China is one of the main priorities for Mexico," Lopez said, adding that Mexico has a special investment in the budget for tourism promotion in China.

"There are a number of opportunities that we are working on in order to improve the connectivity between Mexico and China, and we are sure that if we can get a direct flight between Mexico City and Beijing, we will see a major increase in the number of tourism arrivals," he said.

Lopez said progress had been made in talks with China's Hainan Airlines, Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific and Mexico's Aeromexico.

"Talks with Hainan Airlines are quite advanced, although we still don't have anything confirmed," he said.

Tourism authorities are also talking with Aeromexico to "explore the possibility of adding a flight to Beijing," Lopez said. Aeromexico currently has a direct flight to Shanghai with a stop in Mexico's northern city Tijuana, and passenger numbers on these flights are impressive.

Lopez said they are also considering opening a flight between Mexico and Hong Kong.

"There is interest from Cathay Pacific to establish a flight to Mexico from Hong Kong via San Francisco or Los Angeles," he said.

The number of Chinese tourists in Mexico has nearly doubled in the past two years, up to 30,000 in 2011 from just over 16,000 in 2009, Lopez said, adding that Mexico's goal is to receive at least 100,000 Chinese tourists in the next few years.

As part of the many initiatives to promote the influx of Chinese tourists to Mexico, the ministry and the Promotion Council have worked closely together with Mexican embassies and consulates in China to speed up the processing of tourist and business visas for Chinese nationals, Lopez said.

"The visa processing mechanism is very important. We have established as a goal that visas should be processed in a period of a maximum 72 to 96 hours, and at most of the Mexican embassies and consulates, the time has already been reduced to 72 hours," he said.

Both Mexico and China, which are among the world's top 10 tourist destinations, will benefit from a new direct route with increasing tourist arrivals, Lopez said.

"Mexico has a high level of respect and admiration for China and the ancient Chinese culture, and Chinese tourists have a high respect and admiration for Mexico," the official said, adding that this creates two highly complementary markets.

According to the United Nations World Tourism Organization, China was one of the world's top four tourist destinations with 52.2 million international arrivals in 2009. Mexico ranked the 10th most visited destination with 21.5 million arrivals in that year.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-07/11/c_13977534.htm]]></description>
      <pubDate>2011-7-11</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chinese language builds bridge between China, Mexico]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=72</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<P>English.news.cn, posted: May 13 ,2011</P>
<P>MEXICO CITY(Xihua) -- Dressed in a red Chinese cheongsam, a young Mexican woman called Aurea Lilian was giving a speech during the 10th Chinese Bridge competition, which was held here Thursday.</P>
<P>'Chinese language, as a bridge, let me know the faraway country, which is vigorous and full of opportunities and challenges,' she said.</P>
<P>She also performed a Chinese folk fan dance, which was choreographed by herself using soft Chinese music.</P>
<P>Lilian, a 20-year-old student from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), was one of the four semifinalists who would attend the final competition of Chinese Bridge in China, a Chinese language contest for foreign students from all over the world.</P>
<P>'I will soon realize my dream of visiting China,' Lilian told Xinhua with tears of joy in her eyes. 'My grandma went to China many years ago and loved the beautiful country very much. Influenced by grandma's experiences, I began to dream of visiting China when I was a little girl.'</P>
<P>Lilian started to learn Chinese two years ago. 'What a pity, the universities in Mexico do not have departments of Chinese language, so I have to choose psychology as my major,' she said, before adding with a smile, 'I chose the Confucius Institute in UNAM, and I studied Chinese everyday.' She also said she wants to become a Chinese language interpreter in the future.</P>
<P>Johnny Xavier, who won the first place in the competition, talked about his experience in China. 'When I finished middle school, my parents wanted to meet one of my requirements as a reward. I said I would like to visit China for several months,' he said. 'I studied Chinese language in Guangzhou and visited Beijing and Shanghai.'</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>The champion said that for him, oral Chinese is not difficult, but he always spends a lot of time memorizing Chinese characters.</P>
<P>The Chinese Bridge contestants had to pass three rounds during Thursday's competition, including giving a speech, a talent show and answering questions. The students, who come from nine Chinese teaching organizations, talked about their experiences and feelings while learning Chinese or living in China. Chinese songs, folk dances, tongue twisters and traditional Chinese painting were shown to the audience and garnered lots of applause.</P>
<P>Pedro Hernandez, who had studied in China for one year, shocked the audience by excelling at a tough tongue twister.</P>
<P>'What attracts me most in China? It is not Tiananmen Square, not the Great Wall. It is the kind-hearted Chinese people,' he said. He also mentioned the help Chinese people gave him during his early months in China.</P>
<P>'I hope one day I can speak Chinese like a native speaker,' he said. 'I plan to come back to China to continue my study. That would be fantastic if I can become a student in Peking University or Tsinghua University.'</P>
<P>The Chinese Bridge competition reflected the Mexicans' enthusiasm for learning Chinese. Since the first Confucius Institute in Latin America was founded in 2006, five Confucius Institutes have opened in Mexico. Various Mexican citizens join Chinese teaching organizations to study Chinese, from children who take Chinese lessons on weekends to businessmen who work with Chinese companies.</P>
<P>Meng Aiqun, dean of the UNAM Confucius Institute, the host of the competition, described Chinese as a 'promising major' because an economically powerful China can guarantee the learners' future.</P>
<P>'The Mexican government and citizens attach importance to Chinese teaching. Many parents want their children to learn Chinese,' Meng said. 'I think Chinese teaching has a broad space for development in Mexico.'</P>
<P>The contestants' outstanding performances also impressed Zheng Kejun, cultural councilor of the Chinese embassy in Mexico, who said that more and more people attend Chinese Bridge every year and that the competitive level is also rising.</P>
<P>'Many Mexicans are becoming interested in learning Chinese, which leads to broad contacts and cooperation between China and Mexico,' he said.</P>]]></description>
      <pubDate>2011-6-3</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Carstens says Mexico to keep buying dollars as yuan stays weak.]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=69</link>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 19pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px"><STRONG><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><U style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; COLOR: #d9d9d9; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; 217? mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: Helvetica;>Businessweek</SPAN></U>. ByJens Erik Gould and Rebecca Christie.</FONT> </FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 19pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px"><STRONG><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; COLOR: #bfbfbf; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191; TH? mso-bidi-language: Roman?; ZH-TW;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Posted: April 18, 2011</FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Mexican central bank Governor Agustin Carstens said the country’s policy makers will keep buying dollars in the market as China’s refusal to let the yuan strengthen limits their ability to let the peso move more freely.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Policy makers have no plans to make any changes to their monthly auctions of $600 million in options, Carstens said in an April 16 interview in Washington. The peso has strengthened 5.8 percent this year, the second-best performance in Latin America, and last week reached its strongest level since October 2008.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">“Certainly if the yuan were more appreciated, we would feel more comfortable allowing the peso to go wherever it needs to go,” Carstens, 52, said while attending a meeting of the International Monetary Fund, where he served as deputy managing director from 2003 to 2006. “Even though we have a pretty flexible exchange rate regime, we still have been intervening in the markets. So needless to say, it’s an issue we need to take into account.”<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Carstens’ comments signal that by continuing to buy dollars in the market, Mexico may be anticipating that continued capital inflows could further pressure the peso and damp economic growth, said Gabriel Casillas, chief economist for JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co. in Mexico City.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner on April 16 said that the world’s major economies need greater flexibility in exchange rates to avoid putting pressure on countries with market-driven exchange rates.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><U>‘Flexibility’<o:p></o:p></U></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Geithner’s comments, while not identifying China, are part of the U.S.’s efforts to get the country to allow the yuan to rise further.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">“It certainly would be very important to have more flexibility, especially in some Asian currencies,” Carstens said.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Mexico auctions $600 million in dollar options per month, a system that aims to bolster foreign reserves. The policy, along with a $73 billion flexible credit line from the IMF, aims to protect Mexico in case of rapid capital outflows. It can also act to stem a strengthening peso by taking dollars out of the market.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Any decision to change the amount of options that Mexico auctions would be months away, Carstens said. Mexico’s “currency commission,” a body comprised of Central Bank and Finance Ministry officials, oversees the options program.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><U>Trade Competition<o:p></o:p></U></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Carstens’s “comments are directed at the trade competition that has existed between Mexico and China over the last several years,” said Chris Rupkey, chief financial economist at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. in New York. “If China appreciates their currency, Mexico would obviously gain some new producers from the U.S. seeking a cheaper cost base for their factory output.”<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">China’s capital controls, weak currency and high inflation are limiting global economic growth, which encourages lax monetary policy in developed nations, Casillas said. That is fueling rapid capital inflows and strengthening currencies in emerging markets, he said.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">“Carstens is saying that maybe in the future we could have more problems, more volatility,” Casillas said. “China’s exchange rate policy is causing difficult monetary policy management around the world, and Mexico isn’t an exception.”<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">The peso rose 0.4 percent on April 15 to 11.6631 per U.S. dollar. Among Latin America’s seven major currencies in 2011, only the Colombian peso -- which is up 6.1 percent on the dollar in 2011 -- has outgained Mexico’s peso.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><U>Commodities<o:p></o:p></U></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Carstens also said rising global commodities prices have caused uncertainty for the inflation outlook in Mexico and have complicated the bank’s monetary policy process.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">“What I think has introduced some noise to the process is the fact that commodity prices have been very volatile,” Carstens said. “There is always some more uncertainty about what the final outcome on inflation will be.”<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Among the major Latin American countries that target inflation, only Mexico has yet to raise interest rates in the past year as consumer prices increase at the third-slowest pace in the region after Chile and Peru.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">The central bank’s board on April 15 extended its longest- ever pause and kept the benchmark rate at 4.5 percent for an 18th straight meeting.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Inflation in Mexico slowed to 3.04 percent in the 12 months through March, the lowest level since May 2006. The rate is half the 6.3 percent recorded in Brazil, the region’s largest economy. Consumer prices in the U.S., which bought the bulk of a record $298 billion in exports last year, rose 2.1 percent in February from a year earlier.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Mexico’s central bank won’t change borrowing costs until January 2012, according to the median forecast in a survey of economists by Citigroup Inc.’s Banamex unit. JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co., UBS AG and Banamex are among banks that forecast an increase in October<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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      <pubDate>2011-4-18</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Number of the Week: The ‘China Price’ Also Rises]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=70</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 15pt 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -36pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-line-height-alt: 10.0pt; tab-stops: 11.0pt 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 28pt; COLOR: #878787; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; Helvetica? mso-fareast-font-family: Helvetica;><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal" Roman?? New Times><FONT color=#878787><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #d9d9d9; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; 217? mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: Arial;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">&nbsp;</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 15pt 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt 36.0pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px"><U style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">By Mark Whitehouse.</U>Posted: April 16, 2011</FONT> <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 15pt 0pt 0cm; LINE-HEIGHT: 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt 36.0pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 15pt 0pt 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt 36.0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">5.2%: Annualized growth in the price of Chinese imports to the U.S.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 8pt 13pt 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">Beware the “China price.”<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 8pt 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">During much of the past couple decades, American companies’ efforts to shift their production to low-cost locales — China in particular — have helped keep a lid on inflation in the U.S. That benefit may now be reversing itself.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 8pt 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">Some of the advantages that made China a magnet for global manufacturing are fading. Under pressure from U.S. officials, China is gradually allowing its famously cheap currency to rise against the dollar. At the same time, Chinese workers’ wages are increasing at an annual rate of as much as 30%.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 8pt 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">In one sign of the effect of those changes in the U.S., the average price of goods imported from China rose at an annualized rate of 5.2% in the three months through March, according to the Labor Department. That’s the fastest pace since August 2008.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 8pt 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">The changing role of China in the U.S. economy offers reason to reconsider the way inflation might arise in the current global recovery. In the traditional view, a country’s prices get out of control when people start demanding raises to offset rising consumer prices, creating an inflationary spiral in which wages and prices reinforce one another. Such a spiral is so far unlikely in the U.S., where high unemployment is undermining workers’ bargaining power.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 8pt 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">But in a global economy, could rising wages in China — spurred on in part by global demand for Chinese-made goods — help get the spiral going in the U.S. and elsewhere?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 8pt 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">Consider the case of <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 15px; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Christopher Ryan</SPAN>, chief executive at <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 15px; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Lakeland Industries</SPAN>, which manufactures protective gear for purposes ranging from firefighting to semiconductor production. He recently raised his prices in the U.S. by 5%, after holding them flat for most of the last few years, because his costs have risen by the same amount in the past year. Most of the cost increase reflects soaring commodity prices, but he attributes about a fifth of it to rising wages and benefits in China, where his company does about half its manufacturing.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 8pt 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">“Obviously the increase in labor prices in China is increasing our prices in the United States,” he says.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 8pt 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">To be sure, imports make up a relatively small share of U.S. consumption. The effect could be greater in more trade-dependent economies such as Canada.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 8pt 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">Also, companies will most likely find another place to manufacture cheaply. But that could take a while. Mr. Ryan estimates that if the cost of manufacturing in China keeps rising at the same rate, Mexico will become competitive again as a manufacturing base in two or three years.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">In the meantime, the China price could create some problems for trading partners who have come to rely on the country for much of their supply of consumer and other goods.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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      <pubDate>2011-4-16</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[China Hits back at steroid meat charge]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=67</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #d9d9d9; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: " Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; 217? mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor:><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</P><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #d9d9d9; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: " Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; 217? mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor:>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 35pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px"><B style="FONT-SIZE: 15px"><U style="FONT-SIZE: 15px"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 15px; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;>Reuters,</SPAN></U></B><B style="FONT-SIZE: 15px"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 15px; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;>News Reports, by <A style="FONT-SIZE: 15px" href="http://blogs.reuters.com/search/journalist.php?edition=us&amp;n=alastair.himmer&amp;"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 15px; COLOR: #bfbfbf; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 191; text-underline: none">Alastair Himmer</SPAN></A> Posted: April 13, 2011</SPAN></B></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 35pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;></SPAN></B></SPAN><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #d9d9d9; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: " Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; 217? mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor:><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">BEJING-- </FONT><A href="http://www.reuters.com/places/china"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: #d9d9d9; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 217; text-underline: none"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px" size=5>China</FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; COLOR: #d9d9d9; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; 217? mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: Arial;> has hit back at a report advising foreign athletes to avoid eating meat in the country due to what it said were increased risks of unintentional doping. Germany's anti-doping agency (NADA) said there was a higher risk in China and </SPAN><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; COLOR: #d9d9d9; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: " Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; 217? mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor:><A style="FONT-SIZE: 14px" href="http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; COLOR: #d9d9d9; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 217; text-underline: none">Mexico</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; COLOR: #d9d9d9; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; 217? mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: Arial;> of accidental doping and potential failed drug tests.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">The report cited the alleged risks of the banned anabolic substance clenbuterol, which can be used to speed up and increase muscle mass in animals.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">NADA subsequently warned German athletes visiting China to avoid eating meat where possible.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">However, Zhao Jian, deputy director of the China Anti-Doping Agency, told the China Daily newspaper the Germans were over-reacting.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">'Foreign athletes should be assured about the quality of food offered in China,' he said.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;>'All food purchased for big sports events is closely examined,' he said, towing a line China was forced to repeat frequently in the build-up to the 2008 Beijing </SPAN><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-ansi-language: mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191; ES-TRAD;><A style="FONT-SIZE: 14px" href="http://www.reuters.com/subjects/2010-olympics"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; COLOR: #bfbfbf; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 191; text-underline: none">Olympics</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">'There is also nothing to be afraid of for Chinese athletes, as domestic teams always train together and the food supplied for the training base is strictly inspected.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">'China annually holds 100 to 200 domestic and international sports events,' added Zhou. 'The problem would have been exposed long before if any food was contaminated.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">'We select 1,500 athletes at random for drug-testing every year, and the results rarely appear positive.'<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Zhao did acknowledge the existence of illegal methods to feed animals but dismissed its significance.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">'There are some Chinese dealers who use illegal additives to feed animals and the substance might be left in the meat,' he said. 'But the chances of this leading to a positive drug test are very small.'<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Zhao accused NADA of singling out China and cast doubt on the scientific basis of their claims.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">'Food contamination is a worldwide problem,' he said.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">'Any people or organizations should produce authoritative reports when evaluating food safety in another country, instead of misleading athletes with simple and separate statistics.'<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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      <title><![CDATA[China's role in realizing 'Latin America decade']]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=68</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 11pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px"><B style="FONT-SIZE: 15px; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U style="FONT-SIZE: 15px"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 15px; COLOR: #d9d9d9; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; 217? mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: Arial;>Cambridge</SPAN></U></B><B style="FONT-SIZE: 15px; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 15px; COLOR: #d9d9d9; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; 217? mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: Arial;>, Mass, Posted: <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 15px; mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;</SPAN>April 12, 2011<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 22pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; COLOR: #d9d9d9; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; 217? mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: Arial; bold; mso-bidi-font-weight:>Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff arrived in China today accompanied by 300 business leaders on a visit aimed at boosting a growing economic partnership. </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; COLOR: #d9d9d9; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; 217? mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: Arial;>Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff landed in </SPAN><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; COLOR: #d9d9d9; FONT-FAMILY: " Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; 217? mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor:><A style="FONT-SIZE: 14px" href="http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Topics/China"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; COLOR: #d9d9d9; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 217; text-underline: none">China</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; COLOR: #d9d9d9; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; 217? mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: Arial;> today to shore up trade and business ties, just a month after President Obama traveled to South America to lobby on behalf of US businesses.<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 22pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #d9d9d9; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; 217? mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: Arial;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">The presidential hopscotch underscores the growing competition between the US and China for a foothold in Latin America. While the United States is an important partner, says the chief of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), China is “the perfect fit” as Latin America looks to boost infrastructure, technology, and overall economic growth.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 22pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #d9d9d9; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; 217? mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: Arial;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">“There is no limit,” says OECD Secretary-General Angel Guerria, referring to Chinese investment opportunities in Latin America. Average economic growth regionally was 5.5 percent in 2010, he says, with a slightly lower projection for this year. Millions of jobs are being created, he adds, and with the region's vast natural resources future economic growth “potential is enormous.”<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 22pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #d9d9d9; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; 217? mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: Arial;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">China is making big moves to unlock that potential. The Asian tiger is investing heavily in the region, edging out the US and boosting ties with leaders such as Brazil's new president. Ms. Rousseff, on her first foreign trip since taking office in January, is reportedly accompanied by some 300 business leaders on a visit that will include meeting with President Hu Jintao and participating in a summit of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa).<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 19pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #d9d9d9; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; 217? mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: Georgia;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Investments amid apprehensions<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 22pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; COLOR: #d9d9d9; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; 217? mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: Arial;>With new investments of nearly $30 billion in </SPAN><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; COLOR: #d9d9d9; FONT-FAMILY: " Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; 217? mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor:><A style="FONT-SIZE: 14px" href="http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Topics/brazil"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; COLOR: #d9d9d9; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 217; text-underline: none">Brazil</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; COLOR: #d9d9d9; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; 217? mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: Arial;> focused in the energy and mining sectors, China last year surpassed the US as the South American giant's biggest trading partner. The Monitor has tallied </SPAN><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; COLOR: #d9d9d9; FONT-FAMILY: " Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; 217? mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor:><A style="FONT-SIZE: 14px" href="http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2011/0321/China-grabs-Latin-America-well-ahead-of-Obama-s-outreach"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; COLOR: #d9d9d9; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 217; text-underline: none">at least $65 billion</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; COLOR: #d9d9d9; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; 217? mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: Arial;> in Chinese deals throughout the region since 2010.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 22pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; COLOR: #d9d9d9; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; 217? mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: Arial;>To be sure, there is much apprehension over China's aims. 'We don't want to be China's next Africa,' a Mexican official told a US embassy economics officer, according to a February 2009 </SPAN><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; COLOR: #d9d9d9; FONT-FAMILY: " Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; 217? mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor:><A style="FONT-SIZE: 14px" href="http://www.wikileaks.ch/cable/2009/03/09MEXICO701.html"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; COLOR: #d9d9d9; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 217; text-underline: none">cable published by WikiLeaks</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; COLOR: #d9d9d9; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; 217? mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: Arial;>, referring to the criticism that China has taken advantage of Africa's natural resources without developing the continent. </SPAN><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; COLOR: #d9d9d9; FONT-FAMILY: " Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; 217? mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor:><A style="FONT-SIZE: 14px" href="http://www.wikileaks.ch/cable/2009/04/09SHANGHAI170.html"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; COLOR: #d9d9d9; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 217; text-underline: none">Another cable two months later</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; COLOR: #d9d9d9; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; 217? mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: Arial;> quoted the Brazilian consul general in Shanghai saying that 'China's strategy in Latin America is clear: it wants to 'control the supply of commodities.' '<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 22pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #d9d9d9; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; 217? mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: Arial;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">But Mr. Guerria is more optimistic. With the help of Chinese investment in infrastructure projects throughout the region, “Latin America is tapping into global markets,” says Guerria, who formerly headed Mexico's Finance Ministry and Foreign Affairs Ministry. Integration with the global economy 'is absolutely integral,' he says, and it will be key toward realizing a “Latin America decade.'<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 22pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #d9d9d9; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; 217? mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: Arial;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">The first transcontinental highway is to open later this year. It will connect Brazil to Peru's Pacific ports for the first time and bring it closer to the economies of China, South Korea, and Japan. Only about 25 percent of the region's roads are currently paved, compared to the 80 percent average among OECD nations, says Guerria.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 19pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #d9d9d9; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; 217? mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: Georgia;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Region must boost education, equality<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 22pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #d9d9d9; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; 217? mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: Arial;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">But Chinese investment won't alone guarantee success. 'I'd like to inject some caution into our discussions,” Guerria said in an April 2 speech at a business conference on Latin America at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Mass. “This will not be Latin America's decade if Latin American countries continue to top global rankings of inequality.”<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 22pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #d9d9d9; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; 217? mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: Arial;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">The region must boost educational standards and social programs while tackling income inequality, lax tax collection, and weak rule of law, he said.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 22pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #d9d9d9; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; 217? mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: Arial;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Guerria called it unacceptable that the region's richest 10 percent earn 40 percent of all income, while the bottom 10 percent earn 1 percent of all income. This inequality is exacerbated by problems with taxation and social programs, he said. “Before taxes and transfers for social security, inequality is not much different between United States, Europe, and Latin America.”<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>]]></description>
      <pubDate>2011-4-12</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Pacific players go to market:An incipient new club proclaims that Brazil is not South America’s only game]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=71</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 28pt; COLOR: #262626; FONT-FAMILY: " EN-US? mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica?,?sans-serif?;>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-line-height-alt: 27.0pt"></SPAN></B><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 28pt; COLOR: #262626; FONT-FAMILY: " EN-US? mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica?,?sans-serif?;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 30px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 30px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 22px"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B>&nbsp;</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 20pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #d9d9d9; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; 217? mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor:><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px"><STRONG style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">Printed : April 07, 2011</STRONG></FONT>&nbsp;</SPAN></P><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #d9d9d9; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica?,?sans-serif?; 217? mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor:>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">BOGOTA AND LIMA—IF ALL goes well, next month traders on the stockmarkets of Chile, Colombia and Peru will be able seamlessly to buy and sell the shares of companies listed on the other two. Born after two years of negotiation, the Integrated Latin American Market (MILA, in Spanish) with a market capitalisation of over $600 billion, will instantly become Latin America’s second-biggest <I style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">bolsa</I>, after Brazil’s BM&amp;FBovespa. And MILA, in turn, is the most tangible sign of a growing closeness between three fast-growing, medium-sized South American countries with Pacific coastlines that now aspire to form a common market.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">The past two decades have seen endless talk of regional integration in Latin America, but rather less action. In the 1990s Brazil and Argentina forged Mercosur, a four-country group. The five-country Andean Pact became the Andean Community. Both were based on a vision of (fairly) free trade and a quest to expand markets. But a decade ago, a crop of left-wing governments came to power in much of the region with a different view. Brazil ended talks for a 34-country Free-Trade Area of the Americas involving the United States, and instead sponsored the South American Union (UNASUL in Portuguese) as a forum for political co-operation. Meanwhile Hugo Chávez, Venezuela’s president, formed ALBA, an anti-American block, with Cuba and other allies.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">The incipient new group—let’s call it PaCifiCa—marks a return to the vision of the 1990s, but with a twist. The idea was launched by Peru’s president, Alan García, last year. It is based on the growing affinity between a set of countries all betting on market economies, foreign investment and trade with Asia to achieve development. At Chile’s initiative, the original three are being joined by Mexico at a series of meetings over the next few months aimed at drawing up a plan for what Mr García calls “an area of deep integration”.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">All these countries have free-trade agreements with the others (except Mexico and Peru, which are now negotiating one). Chile, Peru and Mexico are members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation organisation (APEC), a talking shop of 21 countries which Colombia wants to join. Chile and Peru have trade agreements with China. The idea is that Chile, Colombia and Peru, perhaps with Mexico, should now free up services and the movement of capital and people, says José Antonio García Belaunde, Peru’s foreign minister.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">In this, the politicians are rushing to catch up with the private sector. Chilean retailers have invested heavily in Peru and are looking at Colombia. Chile’s LAN airline now has its main South American hub in Lima. Peru’s Brescia family own Chile’s biggest cement firm. Colombia’s ISA manages much of Peru’s electricity grid. Juan Manuel Santos, Colombia’s president, sees hooking up electricity grids from Mexico to Chile as the first fruit of the integration scheme (there are plans to build the only missing links, between Peru and Chile and Colombia and Panama).<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Officials are particularly hopeful about the possibility of bundling together products from all three countries to achieve the scale that importers in China look for. María Ángela Holguín, Colombia’s foreign minister says that her government is already opening joint commercial offices with Chile in Asia, and is seeking to do the same with Peru.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">If PaCifiCa does gel, it might form an alternative pole of attraction to Brazil. Officials in the three countries say that Brazil has shown more interest in becoming a global power than in deepening South American integration. The MILA stockmarket might also attract foreign investors keen for an alternative to Brazil’s overbought markets—though in the short-term that might make life harder for policymakers who are trying to prevent their currencies from becoming too strong.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">But there are obstacles to a thriving common market. The first is that relations between Peru and Chile are dogged by the bitter legacy of the war of 1879-83, in which Chile annexed part of its neighbour’s territory. The countries’ maritime boundary is the subject of a claim by Peru at the International Court of Justice. Some Peruvian politicians oppose selling natural gas or electricity to energy-short Chile.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Mr García Belaunde says that Peru’s faster economic growth, which has cut the wealth gap with Chile, and growing national self-esteem have helped to reduce nationalist feeling. But this could revive if Ollanta Humala, a populist former army officer, were to win Peru’s presidential election (the first round is on April 10th). Mr Humala says he would “promote integration with everyone, not giving priority to some countries.” And he has close ties with Brazil’s ruling Workers’ Party.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">The third hurdle is sheer distance. Colombia’s capital, Bogotá, is more than 4,000kms (2,600 miles) from Chile’s Santiago. And Ecuador, currently a member of Mr Chávez’s block, lies squarely between Colombia and Peru.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Some businessmen are sceptical of the new project. Walter Bayly of Peru’s Banco de Crédito points out that foreign banks are already free to set up in his country. Although a common market would sweep away barriers to entry in Colombia and Chile, he says that gaining the scale to compete in those countries would require a huge investment. Pointing out that 13 of his bank’s 50 biggest clients are Brazilian companies, he says that the Pacific scheme might be a way of gaining greater clout to talk of closer integration with Brazil.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: #bfbfbf; FONT-FAMILY: " mso-bidi-font-family: mso-themeshade: background1; mso-themecolor: mso-fareast-font-family: Roman?? New ?Times New?; ?Angsana Verdana?,?sans-serif?; 191;><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Indeed the main immediate benefit from the new Pacific club might be to let allies know that its members have more than one option. Colombian officials hope that the United States has got the message. They are confident that Barack Obama’s administration will shortly send a long-delayed free-trade agreement to Congress for ratification. None of the three governments sees closer links as building a fortress. As Juan Carlos Echeverry, Colombia’s finance minister, puts it: “monogamy is good in marriage, but not in trade.”<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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      <pubDate>2011-4-7</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Qué pasa, China? Why China's boom might take a siesta.]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=59</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<P align=justify><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT color=#c0c0c0><B style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><U style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Joshua E. Keating.</U></B><B style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> Posted on&nbsp;</B><B style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">February 26, 2011</B></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>China and Mexico aren't often mentioned together these days. One is seen as an economic dynamo with a highly efficient, if authoritarian, political system; the other as a stagnant, crime-ridden basket case. But the two countries actually took very similar paths over the last three decades, which raises important questions about why the results have been so dramatically different.</FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>Under Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in the late 1970s and Mexico's PRI party in the 1980s, both countries undertook massive economic reforms designed to better take advantage of the vast U.S. consumer market, economists Timothy J. Kehoe and Kim J. Ruhl </FONT><A href="http://www.minneapolisfed.org/research/sr/sr453.pdf"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>point out in a new paper</FONT></A><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0> for the U.S. Federal Reserve. By 1995, each seemed to be on the way up: Mexico's manufacturing sector even kept pace with China's legendary industrial productivity. But from 1985 to 2008, Mexico's real GDP per working-age person grew just 10 percent; China's grew by an astonishing 510 percent. </FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>'I've spent a lot of time in Mexico, and people are very conscious of this there,' says Kehoe. 'They wonder why they're not growing as fast as they'd like and China is growing so quickly.'</FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>Why the disparity? Kehoe and Ruhl discuss some popular explanations -- Mexico's dysfunctional financial system, lack of contract enforcement, and rigid labor market -- but none is particularly satisfying given that China suffers from the same ills. </FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>Instead, the real reason that China has been able to grow at such a healthy clip is that it's still poor. In 2009, China's GDP per capita was only $6,700 versus Mexico's $13,200. The authors hypothesize that countries with inefficient financial systems and weak rule of law can grow rapidly while they're much poorer than the market leader -- the United States -- but will eventually plateau when, like Mexico, they reach a certain level of wealth. So before too long, we may see the Middle Kingdom heading south of the border.</FONT></P>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mexican cement giant CEMEX looks to strengthen presence in China]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=61</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<P align=justify><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT color=#c0c0c0><B style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><U style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">EFE</U></B><B style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">. Posted: February 25, 2011</B></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>Monterrey – &nbsp;Mexico's Cemex, the world's third-largest cement maker by production capacity, is mulling a potential strategic partnership to strengthen its presence in the Chinese market, CEO Lorenzo Zambrano said.</FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>"China is consuming 50 percent of the cement produced worldwide," Zambrano told a press conference prior to an annual shareholders meeting in the northern city of Monterrey. Zambrano said the company already has permits and a strategic partnership for the production of pre-mixed cement in China, but he refused to provide further details "until a deal is finalized." The CEO also said Cemex will invest some $475 million this year to continue expanding its global operations, including strengthening its presence in the Asian nation. He said the events in </FONT><A href="http://www.foxnews.com/topics/world/egypt.htm#r_src=ramp"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>Egypt</FONT></A><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0> have not adversely affected Cemex's operations in the </FONT><A href="http://www.foxnews.com/topics/politics/middle-east.htm#r_src=ramp"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>Middle East</FONT></A><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0> and that the company's current sales in that region are almost at projected levels.</FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>Regarding negotiations with </FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>President Hugo Chavez</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0> on compensation for expropriated assets in Venezuela, Zambrano said talks are in the final stage but it is not clear when they will be concluded. "Things are really on the right path and we hope they're resolved soon" because the lawyers on both sides are working hard to reach a deal that is mutually satisfactory, the CEO said.</FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>The Monterrey-based cement company also said it will issue shares equivalent to $200 million American Depositary Receipts with a view to raising funds needed to pay down some $2.3 billion in debt. </FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>The Cemex CEO also discussed the high levels of organized crime-related violence in Mexico and called on the civilian population and business leaders in particular to play a role in bringing it under control in the near future.</FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>Zambrano said citizens must demand that lawmakers and authorities come up with more effective solutions to make the country safer. </FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>He said unions, business organizations, the news media and other civil society institutions must join in this effort to reduce the violence.</FONT></P>]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Developing nations see model in China's fight against poverty]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=63</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<P align=justify><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT color=#c0c0c0><B style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><U style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">People's Daily Online</U></B><B style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><U style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">.</U></B><B style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> Posted on<U style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">&nbsp;</U></B><B style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">February 23, 2011&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>"Hello, my name is Luis Lojero, and my Chinese name is Lu Hainuo. Nice to meet you," the gentleman introduced himself in fluent Chinese to all the guests at the Spring Festival Reception in the Chinese Embassy in Mexico though his Chinese still bore a Spanish accent, and sometimes his Chinese was interspersed with Spanish words. </FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>In an interview with reporter of People's Daily, Lojero told of his love for China and the brilliant Chinese culture."I majored in international relations, and I am very interested in Asia. My teacher told me that you must learn to understand China before you could understand Asia. Many Asian countries were greatly influenced by China, a country with vast territory, a large population, a booming economy and time-honored culture. So I started to learn Chinese language. I came to China to further my Chinese studies in 2005 and I was lucky enough to be the representative of Tecnologico de Monterrey in Beijing. I spent four years in Beijing thereafter," he said. </FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>Lojero said that he personally felt the fast changes in China. "China's development has attracted global attention, of course, from Mexico and the Latin America as a whole." He noted that countries in Latin America know little about China, and the understanding requires time and proper education.</FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>"I felt this would be a good opportunity. So my friends and I set up a company providing a training service for those institutions and private firms that want to do businesses with and invest in China, and my company also acts as a go-between for Mexican businesses that are doing trade with China." Lojero mentioned that his company developed rapidly over the past years and they have introduced some colleges and universities to China and established exchange and cooperation with higher learning institutions in China. His company also offered training and face-to-face exchanges with Chinese business to Mexico public and private businesses. </FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>When asked about the "China threat" and China's development, Lojero said that China's growth posed no threat to the world, but helped change the international rules by ending the age where two superpowers ruled the entire world. The world has ushered into a brand new and multi-polar age. China has made tremendous achievement in poverty alleviation thanks to the rapid development, and the development also brings opportunities to the world.</FONT> </P>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mexico to woo more Chinese tourists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=60</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<P align=justify><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT color=#c0c0c0><B style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><U style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Xinhua.</U></B><B style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> Posted on&nbsp;February 22, 2011 </B></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's Tourism Ministry is making varied plans to attract more Chinese tourists, its head told Xinhua in an interview on Tuesday. </FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>The number of Chinese visitors to Mexico jumped from 17,200 in 2009 to 28,400 in 2010, up 67 percent, Gloria Guevara Manzo said.</FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>With the Chinese tourists increasing, his ministry opened offices in Shanghai to promote tourism and assist tourist operators, Guevara said. S</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>he has visited China twice and has also met in London with Director of China's National Tourism Administration Shao Qiwei to discuss ways of promoting travel to Mexico. She said she also has close ties with the Chinese embassy in Mexico.</FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>Mexico has improved visa procedures, which lasted a longer time before, she said. 'Now, if they have a U.S. visa they do not need a Mexican one, and if they do not have any of them, the Mexican embassy gives them one tourist visa to come to the country.'</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>More flights are needed and currently we are waiting for the offer made by Hainan Airlines Company Limited (HNA) to fly from Beijing to Mexico City,' she said.</FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>The only flight to China now is made by Aeromexico and goes from Mexico City to Tijuana and then Shanghai, so Mexico is seeking to increase the connectivity, she added. </FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>Guevara went on to say that they are also talking with Cathay Pacific, which is interested in flying to Mexico through the United States.</FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>Mexico not only offers Chinese tourists sunlight and beaches, but also culture, archeology, gastronomy and shopping tourism. During their visit they can learn and know a lot about about the Mayan culture, Guevara said. </FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>The minister said Chinese tourists in Mexico 'are going to find a culture similar to theirs, which is very interesting and fascinating'. They will find in Mexico 'we do not only drink tequila, take a nap and ride donkeys as many foreigners think,' she said.</FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>Guevara said despite the violence in some parts of Mexico, tourism is not affected. 'Less than 4 percent of the municipalities in Mexico have that problem and the rest of the country can be visited without problems. In 2010, some 22 million tourists visited Mexico without a problem.' The government can guarantee the safety of the visitors, she said.</FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>Guevara added that tourism prospects for 2011 are positive as foreign visitors are expected to increase by 15 percent compared with 2010. </FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>By 2018, tourism will exceed remittances and oil to become the main income of Mexico, she said. Policy planners in Washington just caught a big break. They've been repeatedly trying to prod China to strengthen its currency -- to no avail -- but larger economic forces may yield the same benefit. Prices are starting to bubble up in China and, if you connect the dots, you can start to see myriad benefits for the U.S. economy and U.S. stocks.</FONT></P>]]></description>
      <pubDate>2011-2-22</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[China is hiring; only Professionals need apply ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=62</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<P align=justify><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT color=#c0c0c0><B style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><U style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">By Emilio Godoy, IPS</U></B><B style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">. Posted on&nbsp;February 19, 2011 </B></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P align=justify><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>MEXICO CITY (IPS) - Mexican pilot Armando Arauz is preparing the thick pile of documents and exams he needs to work for an airline in China.</FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>'The Chinese are very exacting and demanding,' the 41-year-old pilot, who worked for the private Mexicana de Aviación airline until it suspended operations due to financial problems last August, told IPS. 'They require a string of technical and practical exams. The medical exam is very thorough.' </FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>Arauz's case demonstrates that the Asian giant is not only interested in commodities, including oil and minerals, from Latin American countries like Mexico, but also highly skilled workers. Designers, engineers and architects are on the menu of workers that labour contractors are seeking for jobs in China. The results of different studies 'surprisingly show that in the most sophisticated fields, worker incomes are higher in China than in Mexico,' Enrique Dussel Peters, head of the China-Mexico Studies Centre, told IPS. Although there are no hard statistics on labour flows to China from Mexico, human resources firms have been recruiting candidates here to work in China, the world's second-biggest economy, after the United States and before Japan. </FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>Jair Gutiérrez, 31, designs electronic consoles for a South Korean company that operates in Mexico and sells its products in China. In 2009, he spent six months working in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou (formerly known as Canton), and is now getting ready for another stint there. </FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>'Being able to see products that aren't available in Mexico gives me more ideas for my projects,' Gutiérrez said. 'I can buy their products and take them apart, since they're inexpensive, and learn more from them. But exporting highly skilled labour from Mexico is not easy, because of the strict requisites for working in China, the high costs of moving overseas, and the language barrier. However, one factor in their favour is the shortage of highly skilled workers in that Asian country. </FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>Unemployment stood at five percent in Mexico last year, according to the central bank, even though this country has not yet recovered from the economic problems caused by the global economic crisis that broke out in the United States in 2008. Mexico is the fourth leading brain drain country in the world, according to the World Bank. Statistics from the National Council on Science and Technology (CONACYT) indicate that the country loses an average of 120,000 educated and high-skilled workers a year. </FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>One out of eight Mexican professionals emigrate, mainly to the United States, seeking better working conditions, the public education ministry reports. </FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>Economic growth in China was 10.3 percent in 2010, its highest rate in three years, and growth for 2011 is projected at eight to 10 percent, according to the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the World Bank. </FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>The Mexican airline stopped flying in August due to financial difficulties, and its planes and pilots have been grounded since then. Although it is expected to resume operations in the next few weeks, it has downsized significantly. Representatives of international companies that specialise in the recruitment of air transportation personnel, the Canada-based AeroPersonnel Global and the British Parc Aviation, visited Mexico between September and November and identified a group of candidates. </FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" color=#c0c0c0>'Salaries are going up,' Dussel Peters said. 'And it is important to keep in mind that China is closing the educational gap, because there are many Chinese nationals who now speak Spanish and have lived and worked in Latin America.'&nbsp; </FONT></P>]]></description>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 54.0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt" lang=ES-TRAD><FONT face="Times New Roman">0.15162<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 54.0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt" lang=ES-TRAD><FONT face="Times New Roman">0.11013<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 54.0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt" lang=ES-TRAD><FONT face="Times New Roman">9.07985<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P></TD>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 54.0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt" lang=ES-TRAD><FONT face="Times New Roman">1.82204<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 54.0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt" lang=ES-TRAD><FONT face="Times New Roman">1.18085<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 54.0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt" lang=ES-TRAD><FONT face="Times New Roman">February 1<SUP>st</SUP><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P></TD>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 54.0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt" lang=ES-TRAD><FONT face="Times New Roman">1 HKD =<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 54.0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt" lang=ES-TRAD>Inverse:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt" lang=ES-TRAD><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></TD>
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      <pubDate>2011-2-1</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Analysis: Mexico gets helping hand from costlier China labor]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=56</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><B><U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>Reuters.</SPAN></U></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US> Posted by Jason Lange on January 26, 2011. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt" lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 8pt 0pt 0cm; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt" lang=EN-US>MEXICO CITY</SPAN></B></st1:place></st1:City><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt" lang=EN-US>.</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt" lang=EN-US> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>The Mexican economy is getting a helping hand from unlikely allies: Chinese workers whose rising wages are leading more companies to build factories in Mexico.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 8pt 0pt 0cm; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>Meco Corporation, a <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> maker of folding chairs and barbecue grills, is shifting production from <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region> to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mexico</st1:place></st1:country-region> after wages at its Chinese operations more than doubled since 2007.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 8pt 0pt 0cm; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>"We ran the numbers and made the decision to move our equipment down to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mexico</st1:place></st1:country-region>, with the decision really based on trying to give our customers more stable pricing," said Meco President Harrell Ward.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 8pt 0pt 0cm; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>Premium leather goods maker Coach Inc (COH.N) also ran the numbers this week and decided to sharply cut production in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region>, citing rising labor costs.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 8pt 0pt 0cm; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>Meco, a family-owned manufacturer from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Greeneville</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Tennessee</st1:State></st1:place>, does its sums in millions rather than billions. But its plans to invest $10 million in a plant in northern Mexico is a positive sign for a country which has been in China's shadow for the last seven years in terms of U.S. import share and is also battling to control drug-related violence.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 8pt 0pt 0cm; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>For the first time since <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region> entered the World Trade Organization in 2001 and became an exporting superpower, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Mexico</st1:country-region> posted a bigger gain in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> market share than its Asian rival during the first 11 months of 2010.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 8pt 0pt 0cm; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><st1:country-region w:st="on"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>Mexico</SPAN></st1:country-region><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US> probably ended 2010 with just over 12 percent of the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> import market, its largest share ever.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 8pt 0pt 0cm; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>Mexican factory wages are now about 14 percent higher than those in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region>, the Mexican finance ministry estimates. In 2002, officials calculate they were 240 percent higher, canceling out <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mexico</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s natural advantage of proximity.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 8pt 0pt 0cm; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>This advantage has also been highlighted by a rise in shipping fuels to two-year highs, making shipping goods across the Pacific a less attractive option.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 8pt 0pt 0cm; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>The closing wage gap means <st1:country-region w:st="on">Mexico</st1:country-region> will likely win even more <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> market share in coming years, said Sergio Luna, an economist at Citigroup's Mexican subsidiary.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 8pt 0pt 0cm; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>This is good news for <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mexico</st1:place></st1:country-region> as it limps back from a deep recession. Manufacturing accounts for a fifth of the economy, and about 80 percent of its exports go to the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>. It also shows how labor markets might be helping to correct part of the problem of the so-called global imbalances.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 8pt 0pt 0cm; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>In 2010, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mexico</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s manufacturing exports soared 29.5 percent to $246 billion. A major chunk of that was <st1:country-region w:st="on">Mexico</st1:country-region>'s auto exports, which rose 53 percent to $65 billion, mainly going to the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> market.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 8pt 0pt 0cm; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>Even so, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Mexico</st1:country-region> is among many countries which complain that <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region> has kept its yuan currency artificially weak in order to support its export industry. Economists say <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region>'s focus on exports, coupled with <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s dependency on imports, has thrown the global economy out of whack and raised risks of future financial instability.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 8pt 0pt 0cm; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>But <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region> is starting to run short at the margin of the young workers prized by factories, fueling higher wages.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 8pt 0pt 0cm; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>Rising food prices in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region> at the start of 2011 are expected to drive inflation up this year after a dip in December, which will pressure wages further.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>]]></description>
      <pubDate>2011-1-26</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hu Jintao’s Visit to USA Will Affect Mexico]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=57</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><B><U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><A href="http://www.coffetoday.com/category/featured-news/"><SPAN style="COLOR: silver"><FONT size=2 face=Helvetica>Featured News</FONT></SPAN></A>, <A href="http://www.coffetoday.com/category/world-news/"><SPAN style="COLOR: silver"><FONT size=2 face=Helvetica>World News</FONT></SPAN></A>.</SPAN></U></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US> Posted by <A href="http://www.coffetoday.com/author/isyak/"><SPAN style="COLOR: silver; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><FONT size=2 face=Helvetica>Isyak</FONT></SPAN></A> on January 19, 2011 <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #262626; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt" lang=EN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>The anticipated renewal of trade relations between the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region> will directly affect <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mexico</st1:place></st1:country-region>. A consideration of Silvia Figueroa, Professor of International Relations Department of Tec de Monterrey, said that the country runs the risk of being displaced in their commercial relations with the northern neighbor, a situation that only the beginning, will be felt in the decline in tariffs and increasing the competitiveness of Chinese products. &nbsp;The reasons why <st1:country-region w:st="on">Mexico</st1:country-region> is not protected against such a possibility are clear, says the expert of Tec, campus <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Guadalajara</st1:place></st1:City>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>Regarding the state visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao to the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>, Silvia Figueroa said a key point: Barack Obama’s diplomacy, which earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009. The <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> president is likely to reach agreement on the issue of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s currency revaluation, and therefore, to strengthen commercial ties between both nations.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>Already there are facts that support the strengthening of trade between the two countries. This agreement, related to Chinese investment in oil made in <st1:State w:st="on">Texas</st1:State>, make the <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region> into strong allies, especially in the field of renewable energy.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>However, there is an issue that will not show any progress: the human rights. Figueroa Gonzalez believes that this is not possible due to China’s foreign policy based on peaceful coexistence, which highlights the non-interference in the internal politics of other nations, therefore, will not accept that someone involved in domestic decisions. Notably, the human right is a point at which the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region> persistently insisted late last year.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>After the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, who is serving 11 years in prison, Obama called for the release of this and congratulated the Nobel Committee for the risky decision.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></P>]]></description>
      <pubDate>2011-1-19</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Minister seeks for Sino, Mexican ties]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=54</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 33pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><B><U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>Xinhua Press.</SPAN></U></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US> Poster&nbsp;on January 16, 2011.&nbsp;</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt" lang=EN-US><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City w:st="on"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>MEXICO CITY</SPAN></st1:City><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US> – <st1:country-region w:st="on">Mexico</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region> should strengthen mutual understanding and investment to bring their economic and trade relations to a new stage, Mexican Economy Minister Bruno Ferrari said Wednesday.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>Ferrari told Xinhua in an interview that Asian countries, especially <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region>, were important to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mexico</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s economic development. He said the Sino-Mexican economic and trade relationship was still in its infancy, and more mutual understanding was needed.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>"We have studied the Chinese market and found the Mexican share of the market is small. <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region> is also not sure of its opportunities in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mexico</st1:place></st1:country-region>. We should know that, for the Chinese goods, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Mexico</st1:country-region> is not only the gate to the <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> market, but also the gate to enter the market of the whole of the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Americas</st1:place></st1:country-region>," Ferrari said.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>Before becoming economy minister, Ferrari had been chairman of ProMexico, an investment and export promoter in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Mexico</st1:country-region>, which ran <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mexico</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s participation in the Shanghai World Expo last year. Ferrari said the World Expo was a good opportunity for <st1:country-region w:st="on">Mexico</st1:country-region> to understand <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region> and ProMexico held a series of activities to showcase <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mexico</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s infrastructure and mining industry. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>]]></description>
      <pubDate>2011-1-16</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[WikiLeaked: China's next president lashed out in Mexico against 'well fed foreigners']]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=53</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 33pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><B><U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>The Cable Foreign Policy</SPAN></U></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>. Posted by: Josh Rogin on January 12, 2010<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 16pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>Not much is known about Xi Jinping, the expected next&nbsp;president of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region>, but according to a newly public WikiLeaks cable, Xi has been complaining to <st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region>'s neighbors about "well fed foreigners" pointing fingers at <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 16pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>In a February 2009 trip to Mexico, the first stop in Xi's six-country tour of Latin America, the current vice president of China blurted out his feelings about criticisms of Chinese diplomacy, according to a diplomatic cable classified by acting deputy chief of mission James Williard.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 16pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>"There are some well fed foreigners who have nothing better to do than point fingers at our affairs," Xi blurted out at a lunch meeting, appropriately. "<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region> does not, first, export revolution; second, export poverty and hunger; third, cause troubles for you."<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 16pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>Xi showed up with representatives of 20 Chinese companies in tow and made the case that <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mexico</st1:place></st1:country-region> have common cause to cooperate economically, as both are developing countries facing the consequences of a global financial crisis they didn't cause. The embassy cable noted that Xi's outburst seemed to reveal the Xi's true feelings about <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region> despite a more diplomatic message during the rest of his visit.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 16pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>"It should be noted that his criticism of 'well-fed foreigners' sharply contrasted from the overarching cooperation theme of his visit and were delivered on the first leg of his trip in a country with strong ties to the United States," the cable said.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 16pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>The cable reported that Mexico was trying to correct its huge trade deficit with China and that Mexican officials were wary of China's tactic of expanding economic activity in developing countries.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 16pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>"We don't want to be China's next Africa," a Mexican official told a U.S. Embassy economics officer, according to the cable, referring to the oft-cited criticism that China has pursued a strategy of seizing the continent's huge natural resources while dumping cheap industrial and manufactured products into foreign markets. "We need to own our country's development."<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 16pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>Two other recently released WikiLeaks cables also detailed <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region>'s charm offensive in <st1:place w:st="on">Latin America</st1:place> and skepticism on that continent of Chinese motives and practices. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 16pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>"<st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region>'s strategy in Latin America is clear: it wants to 'control the supply of commodities,' said the Brazilian consul general in <st1:City w:st="on">Shanghai</st1:City>," according to one cable sent to <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Washington</st1:place></st1:State> from the U.S. Shanghai Consulate in April 2009.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>"<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Colombia</st1:place></st1:country-region> is wary of Chinese motives and what it sees as lax Chinese environmental and labor standards. However, Colombia needs new economic partners, particularly given the lack of progress on a U.S.-Colombia Free Trade agreement (FTA)," said&nbsp;another cable, conveying the views of Colombian diplomats as reported by the U.S. Embassy in Beijing.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>The cables paint a picture of an aggressive Chinese effort to insert state-owned companies into <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s backyard while Latin American countries have few options but to go along in the face of American neglect.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>Xi, who is expected to succeed President Hu Jintao in 2012, has been intimately involved in those efforts, the cables show.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>So how did his trip to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mexico</st1:place></st1:country-region> go? The cables report the results as mixed.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>"Xi's visit intensified the Mexico-China dialogue," the cable said. "However, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Mexico</st1:country-region>'s trade deficit with <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region> and concerns over <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region>'s approach to investment continue to color <st1:country-region w:st="on">Mexico</st1:country-region>'s perception of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region> as a true partner."<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>]]></description>
      <pubDate>2011-1-12</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chrysler To Export Fiat 500s To China From Mexico]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=55</link>
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<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><STRONG><U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>Posted by:</SPAN></U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US> Kate Linebaugh on January 11, 2011.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 8pt 0pt 0cm; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 8pt 0pt 0cm; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>As Chrysler gears up to introduce its small Fiat 500 to the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> market, CEO Sergio Marchionne said the company will also export the subcompact vehicle from its <st1:City w:st="on">Toluca</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Mexico</st1:country-region> plant to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 8pt 0pt 0cm; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>The plant is poised to produce 120,000 vehicles a year, half are earmarked for the <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> market and the other half will be sent to <st1:country-region w:st="on">Brazil</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region>, Marchionne told <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> lawmakers Monday at the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Detroit</st1:place></st1:City> auto show. Marchionne explained to House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D., Md) that a free trade agreement between <st1:country-region w:st="on">Mexico</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on">Brazil</st1:country-region> meant he couldn’t manufacture the vehicles in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>The 500 is due in dealerships in the <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> early this year, marking the first Fiat product that will return to the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> in years.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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      <pubDate>2011-1-11</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mexico urges India, China to support Cancun talks]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=49</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-US><U>New York Times</U></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-US>, News Report, Posted: November 29, 2010</SPAN></SPAN></B></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-US></SPAN></SPAN></B></FONT><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US>NEW DELHI — Mexico urged China and India and the world's other major greenhouse gas emitters to support UN-backed talks on climate change that it will host later this month in the resort city of Cancun.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0.1pt 0cm"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US>The appeal came after officials from 35 countries and regional groupings met in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City w:st="on">New Delhi</st1:City> ahead of the year-end UN talks to try to build on an accord hammered out at marathon talks in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Copenhagen</st1:place></st1:City> widely regarded as a flop.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0.1pt 0cm"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US>"We cannot be responsible for the final results as the talks are a UN event," <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mexico</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s Environment Secretary Juan Elvira Quesada told reporters after the two-day meeting in the Indian capital.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0.1pt 0cm"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US>"But we hope to have the support of <st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region> for a balanced outcome to the talks," Quesada said.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0.1pt 0cm"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US>Last December's conference in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Copenhagen</st1:place></st1:City> fell short of delivering the binding treaty that nearly all nations say is needed to spare the planet from the ravages of global warming.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0.1pt 0cm"><st1:place w:st="on"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US>Cancun</SPAN></st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US> will host negotiators from November 29 to December 10 who are set to discuss a binding agreement on reducing carbon dioxide emissions that will replace the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in December 2012.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0.1pt 0cm"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US>However, all the major players appear to have given up on the goal of a treaty by year's end that would establish a plan to reduce emissions enough to keep global temperatures from rising more than 2.0 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), the target of the Copenhagen Accord.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0.1pt 0cm"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US>One of the major hurdles is a disagreement between the <st1:country-region w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region> -- the world's two top greenhouse gas emitters -- on slashing carbon dioxide emissions.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0.1pt 0cm"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US>Developing nations including <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> have resisted a legally binding treaty, arguing that wealthy nations bear primary responsibility for climate change.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0.1pt 0cm"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US>Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh assured support but called for "practical" methods to sort out the thorny issue of intellectual property rights linked to sharing climate-saving technologies.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0.1pt 0cm"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US>"We are not the deal-busters and we want to be part of the solution at <st1:place w:st="on">Cancun</st1:place>," Ramesh said.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0.1pt 0cm"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US>"In <st1:place w:st="on">Cancun</st1:place> we need a decision on what the technology mechanism would look like, how will it be governed and how it is going to be financed," he said.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0.1pt 0cm"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US>Mexico</SPAN></st1:country-region><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US> has said it is striving to bring countries which felt excluded from the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Copenhagen</st1:place></st1:City> climate talks into the negotiations for this year's summit.</SPAN></P>]]></description>
      <pubDate>2010-11-29</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mexico central bank chief backs G20 view for China]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=52</link>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0.1pt 0cm"><FONT size=2><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US><U>Reuters,</U></SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US> News Report, Posted: November 28, 2010<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0.1pt 0cm"></SPAN></B></FONT><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US>China</SPAN></st1:country-region><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US> should expand its spending, increase imports and allow more currency flexibility in accordance with the Group of 20 major economies' goals, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Mexico</st1:country-region></st1:place>'s central bank chief Agustin Carstens said on Thursday.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0.1pt 0cm"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US>"That is what we communicated at the G20 meeting last Saturday - we should look for solutions that, more than anything, are cooperative," Carstens said in an interview with Radio Formula.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0.1pt 0cm"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US>"That <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place> would increase its spending, start to import more from other countries... and permit more flexibility in its currency."<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0.1pt 0cm"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US>Carstens on Wednesday warned about the damaging effects of a global currency war where individual nations try to seek an export advantage by weakening their currencies.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0.1pt 0cm"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US>Leading economies should coordinate their currency, monetary and fiscal policies, he said on Thursday.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-US>"If we can achieve this ... the results will be much better," he said. (Reporting by Cyntia Barrera Diaz and Patrick Rucker; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama).</SPAN>]]></description>
      <pubDate>2010-11-28</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. to Impose Duties on China, Mexico Copper Pipe After Ruling]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=51</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<P style="MARGIN: 0.1pt 0cm"><FONT size=2><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-US><U>Bloomberg BusinessWeek</U></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-US>,&nbsp;</SPAN></SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US> <SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-US>News Report, Posted: November 27, 2010</SPAN></SPAN></B></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0.1pt 0cm"><FONT size=2><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-US></SPAN></SPAN></B></FONT><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US>Chinese and Mexican copper pipe will face <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place> dumping duties after a trade panel today concluded that American makers may be harmed by the low-cost imports of the plumbing and heating pipes.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0.1pt 0cm" class=indent><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US>The U.S. International Trade Commission ruled 5-<st1:metricconverter w:st="on" ProductID="0 in">0 in</st1:metricconverter> favor of a complaint by Memphis, Tennessee-based Mueller Industries Inc. and Cerro Flow Products LLC in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">St. Louis</st1:City></st1:place>. It’s the last of four steps the manufacturers needed to clear to get tariffs imposed on the pipes.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0.1pt 0cm" class=indent><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US>The duties will be as much as 60.85 percent on $233 million of imports from <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region> and as much as 31.43 percent on $130 million of imports from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Mexico</st1:country-region></st1:place> for the products, the Commerce Department said last month.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0.1pt 0cm" class=indent><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US>Zhejiang Hailiang Co., <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place>’s largest publicly traded copper-tube maker, had its duties set at 60.85 percent. Golden Dragon Precise Copper Tube Group Inc. faces an 11.25 percent duty, and other major Chinese makers will pay 36.05 percent.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0.1pt 0cm" class=indent><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US>IUSA SA, a Mexican tube and pipe producer, had its preliminary duty lowered to 24.89 percent, while the average rate on Mexican imports will be 28.16 percent.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>]]></description>
      <pubDate>2010-11-27</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Carlos Slim Calls on China to Bolster Domestic Demand]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=50</link>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0.1pt 0cm"><FONT size=2><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US><U>Bloomberg,</U></SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US> News Report, Posted: November 25, 2010</SPAN></B></FONT><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></SPAN></B></FONT><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-US>
<P style="MARGIN: 0.1pt 0cm"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US>China</SPAN></st1:country-region></st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US> needs to take steps to boost domestic demand rather than let the currency appreciate to improve global trade, said Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0.1pt 0cm"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US>Slim in an interview in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New York</st1:place></st1:State> also said competitive devaluations “won’t succeed” and could spur inflation should commodity prices remain high. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0.1pt 0cm"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US>“If <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region> salaries get increased and people work less they will have more time and more money to spend,” Slim, the world’s richest man according to Forbes magazine, said. “This domestic demand will also help other countries in the world.” <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0.1pt 0cm"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US>The <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> should rely on private investment rather than government spending to help the economy, Slim, 70, said. Near zero interest rates in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> make “most of the investments profitable.” Slim said the government needs to consider selling assets to boost the economy and reduce the deficit. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0.1pt 0cm"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US>“Most aggressive monetary and fiscal policies are not enough,” Slim said earlier at the George Washington University Global Forum in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New York City</st1:place></st1:City>. “They are temporary measures.” <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0.1pt 0cm"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US>Slim, who controls <A href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=TELMEXL:MM"><SPAN style="COLOR: silver; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><FONT size=3 face=Helvetica>Telefonos de Mexico</FONT></SPAN></A> SAB, the nation’s largest landline phone company, and has a stake in the New York Times Co., said the global financial crisis is a sign that governments must rein in debt. Forbes estimates Slim’s net worth at $53.5 billion. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0.1pt 0cm"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US>‘Temporary Medicine’ <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0.1pt 0cm"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US>Fiscal and monetary policies are only “temporary medicine” and won’t help economies return to growth, he said. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0.1pt 0cm"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US>U.S.</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US> policy makers are considering a round of asset purchases after buying $1.7 trillion in debt from December 2008 to March. The Federal Reserve meets Nov. 2-3 to consider steps to boost an economy growing too slowly and prevent inflation, which remains below its longer-term projections, from cooling even more. Growth in the 2.5 percent to 2.8 percent range is consistent with keeping the jobless rate stable, according to policy makers’ latest forecasts. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0.1pt 0cm"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US>The Times is the “best brand, the best newspaper,” and has options to publish in an electronic format, Slim said. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0.1pt 0cm"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US>Charitable efforts by billionaires <A href="http://search.bloomberg.com/search?q=Bill%20Gates&amp;site=wnews&amp;client=wnews&amp;proxystylesheet=wnews&amp;output=xml_no_dtd&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;filter=p&amp;getfields=wnnis&amp;sort=date:D:S:d1&amp;partialfields=-wnnis:NOAVSYND&amp;lr=-lang_ja"><SPAN style="COLOR: silver; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><FONT size=3 face=Helvetica>Bill Gates</FONT></SPAN></A> and Warren Buffett are “well intentioned” but may not solve, Slim said. Gates and Buffett have pledged to donate the bulk of their wealth to charity. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0.1pt 0cm"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US>Nations need infrastructure and telecommunications, not just charity, he said. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: silver; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-US>“It’s important to put up your talent, not just your money,” Slim said.</SPAN></SPAN>]]></description>
      <pubDate>2010-11-25</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mexico captures less Chinese investment in Latin America]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=47</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<P><B>Countries such as Brazil, Chile and Argentina received each year China's largest investment. The opportunity for our country is in the joint ventures in mining, renewable energy and tourism.</B></P>
<P>Chinese manufacturing away from competing for the U.S. market with Mexico, could form a common front through the joint venture and grow together, said Mingramm Rafael Valdez, president of the Chamber of Commerce of Mexico in China</P>
<P>"China should be seen not as a threat but an opportunity. It is difficult to change the mentality. There are many sectors that have been affected by the growth of the Chinese economy, because their companies took part in the traditional Mexican market. United States (U.S.), "he said. <BR><BR>The sectors where there are opportunities to attract investment and export to this country are mining, tourism, renewable energy and manufacturing of products where there is rivalry between the two countries, due to Mexico's strategic location as a neighbor of EU and investment capacity China. <BR><BR>"Mexico has silver, iron, copper, and are minerals that China needs. The second is the tourism sector because it has a unique tourist exportable to a middle class in this country that is growing. In the area of manufacturing, there are many opportunities for build alliances, "he said. <BR><BR>The businessman, who lives in China for five years now, explained that Chinese and Mexican industry can enter into a scheme to form joint venture manufacturing facilities located in Mexico and generate new jobs and growth for the country. <BR><BR>"Mexico has a competitive advantage in highly skilled workforce, a free trade agreement with the U.S., maquiladora zone with tax and tariff incentives. It's a matter of aligning interests for there to be local economic benefit," he said. <BR><BR>Mingramm Valdez said that Mexico has a deficit in attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in China, while countries such as Brazil, Chile and even Argentina, receive each year China's investment. <BR><BR>According to the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), China's FDI in Mexico in the last two years decreased, while in Brazil is growing rapidly. <BR><BR></P>
<P>In 2007, Mexico received 17.16% of FDI in China, in 2008, 5.63% and 0.82% in 2009, while in Brazil, the investments were from 22.38% to 116.27% in the last two years. <BR><BR>Mingramm Valdez stressed that most Chinese investment abroad, are given through participation and to expand its operations in the world, requires local partners. <B></B></P>]]></description>
      <pubDate>2010-11-15</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[They suggest Coahuila’s IP bet to China.]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mexcham.org/headlines/news1_detail.asp?id=46</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<P>The product processing of “saltillense“ manufacture could have as main market the consumption in China, given to the virtues and acceptance that these could have in Asia through a marketing research strategy.</P>
<P>The arrival from new companies to this city, as well as the promotion of “saltillense“ products, has been a constant preoccupation of mayor Jericó Abramo Masso. Therefore, like part of that promotion, the lecturer Alfonso Gomez Bores was present, who gave a message to 65 businessman of the region so that they contemplate within their investment and export projects China as the final destiny of its products, and this way expand Mexico’s presence in the Asian country.</P>
<P>The specialist in matter of exports, in its conference named “Forecastle and the Asian Market”, made clear that the market alternatives do not have to be limited to a unique consumption, but should go searching for more options and with this be more and more competitive.</P>
<P>Throughout the Economic Deve
