The Guadalajara Chamber of Commerce on Monday expressed its rejection of the reform to Mexico's Tobacco Law that came into force as of January 15. The business body categorically rejected the modifications since they affect merchants who sell products made with tobacco, saying it will damage the health of their businesses.
The new regulations of the General Law for the Control of Tobacco entered into force on January 15, 2023. The new law prohibits smoking cigarettes in almost all indoor and outdoor public spaces, as well as the display of cigarette packs in self-service and convenience stores.
In an attempt to control rising prices, the Government of Mexico has published a new decree that combines and extends two 2022 anti-inflation measures, the Package Against Inflation and Shortages & the Opening Agreement Against Inflation and Shortages, adding new products to the list of items temporarily exempt from tariffs.
Jalisco drove national employment growth in 2022, creating 11 percent of the total number of new jobs in Mexico. Official statistics show that the Mexican economy added 752,748 formal jobs from January to December 2022 and 82,963 of those were in the western state.
For December 2022, the total number of terminal passengers at GAP’s 12 Mexican airports increased by 22.2%, compared to the same period of 2019. Tijuana, Los Cabos, Puerto Vallarta and Guadalajara presented an increase in passenger traffic of 35.1%, 31.4%, 28.9% and 15.3% respectively, compared to December 2019.
OMA, GAP and Asur, Mexico's three biggest private airport operators, will invest 6.57 billion pesos ($338 million USD) this year for the expansions and modernization of their infrastructure, for which five-year investment plans were presented previously.
An innovative program that puts uninhabited houses back into use in Mexico to address the country's housing crisis has won the prestigious Bronze World Habitat Award. 'Renta tu casa' connects unwanted properties with people in need of housing, to create affordable, low-cost homes.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is asking U.S. President Biden to land Air Force One at the new Felipe Ángeles International Airport when he visits Mexico City later this month - saying that it would not be a logistical issue but a political one.
Mexico plans to ask U.S. President Joe Biden for as much as $48 billion in financing for solar projects, according to Foreign Relations Secretary Marcel Ebrard. He said that the request will be presented to Biden at the upcoming Jan. 9-10 meeting of U.S., Canadian and Mexican leaders in Mexico City.
The 2022 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) recognized Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (GAP), which operates the Puerto Vallarta International Airport, as one of the ten companies that stand out in social, environmental, and corporate governance matters at the regional level (in the Pacific alliance).
