As a favored source of low-cost manufacturing for U.S. markets, Mexico seems to come and go. Activity slackened when U.S. companies began shifting production to China, where labor rates were cheaper, but recent geopolitical shifts suggest Mexico might be poised for another surge of manufacturing activity.
The U.S. land borders with Canada and Mexico will remain closed to non-essential travel until at least March 21, the one-year anniversary of the restrictions to address COVID-19 transmission concerns, the U.S. government said on Friday.
The 200,000 anti-Covid vaccines from the Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac that arrived in Mexico on Saturday will be applied in their entirety to people over the age of 60 who live in Ecatepec, Mexico State, reported José Luis Alomía Zegarra, the country's general director of Epidemiology.
The first DEKRA-powered vehicle inspection station in Mexico has opened in Guadalajara, with five additional stations set to open by May 2021, bringing 240 new jobs to Mexico's second largest city. The stations are part of 'Jalisco Respira,' a state program to reduce emissions and improve air quality.
With ambitions to create the 'best airport in Mexico' at its home base in Guadalajara, Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico has partnered with The Design Solution, and plans to invest 10 billion Pesos before 2026 in the development of Guadalajara Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport.
Mexico had its worst January in 7 years in terms of job creation as a spike in coronavirus cases and a consequent tightening of restrictions put the brakes on the country's economic recovery. It was the worst performance since January 2014 when only 22,000 new jobs were created.
Despite the complicated economic environment caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, Jalisco managed to create 6,755 new jobs during the month of January, putting it in third place nationwide for job creation with a total of 44,487 new formal jobs carved out between August 2020 and January 2021.
The containment measures that the Jalisco State government mandated on January 16 - the last to be taken under the Jalisco COVID-19 Plan - will be lifted on Saturday, February 13. However, there will be some measures that will not change, such as social distancing and the use of face masks.
Hass avocado exports from the Mexican state of Jalisco grew 17% in 2020 in spite of the global economic crisis generated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Ignacio Gómez, director of Jalisco grower-exporter association Apeajal, told El Economista that 112,000 tonnes of avocado were shipped to 21 countries.
Mexican health regulator COFEPRIS on Tuesday authorized Russia's Covid-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, for emergency use. In a morning news conference, Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell said Mexico's contract provided for 7.4 million doses between February and April, with more due in May.
