The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Although speaking carefully so as not to encroach into the presidential campaign debate, recently arrived U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Roberta Jacobson said the proposal by presumptive Republican Party nominee Donald Trump to build a border wall would “not help” in furthering relations between the two nations.
The worldwide tendency for banks to close branches is now being seen in Jalisco – although lines don’t seem to be getting any shorter and many customers still complain!
The Mexican government this week announced a US$1.68 billion budget cut to counter deteriorating economic conditions resulting from the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union.
Jalisco’s burgeoning relationship with Canada received another shot in the arm last month following a visit to two provinces by an education and research mission headed by Jaime Reyes Robles, state secretary for Innovation, Science and Technology.
Gasoline prices increased Friday, July 1 for the fourth time in 2016, with Magna now retailing at 13.40 pesos a liter, 24 centavos higher than in June.
Respecting a campaign pledge, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this week announced that Canada will lift its controversial visa requirement for Mexican visitors in December.
Taking his cue from the shock decision of the United Kingdom to vote to leave the European Union, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump turned his wrath on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), saying that once in the White House he will rework the 22-year-old trilateral trade treaty to be more favorable toward the United States.
A new in-depth-study reveals Mexico’s brand in the United States remains battered –
Roberta Jacobson, the new U.S. ambassador to Mexico, struck all the correct brotherly/sisterly notes after she “presented her credentials” to President Enrique Peña Nieto this week.
