Blunt heading to Mexico on trade trip
Gov. Matt Blunt is heading to Mexico on Sunday for his first international trade trip, which includes a meeting with Mexican President Vicente Fox.
Blunt said his goal is to increase sales of Missouri products to Mexico, as well as to discuss the creation of a Mexican customs facility in Kansas City that will allow goods to be shipped straight into the heart of the United States without first having to clear customs at the borders.
Kansas City’s SmartPort project will allow goods from Asia, for example, to travel through the Mexican port city of Lazaro Cardenas and onto Kansas City before being inspected and distributed.
Blunt also is to meet with government and business leaders from Monterrey, who also are involved in Kansas City’s inland port efforts.
The governor is to be joined on the trip by other state officials and private business leaders. They are to return to Missouri on Thursday.
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Idaho officials heading to Mexico to boost trade with state
Idaho business and political leaders traveling to Mexico next month for a trade mission want to lure more rich foreign tourists to the state, boost exports of products such as software and help put an end to Mexican trade restrictions on fresh potatoes that have dented sales of Idaho's trademark tuber.
The trip is set for Dec. 3 through Dec. 10, and a delegation of 68 people will accompany Gov. Dirk Kempthorne, who earlier this year spent two weeks in Asia on a trade mission to that region.
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San Francisco of the Blunt one : Aguascalientes
It is located to 22 kilometers to the north of the city of Aguascalientes. The earth where the capital of the municipality is located at the moment, during 133 years were property of the Property of San Blas de Pabello'n. For the year of 1879 already it had the name of San Francisco of the Blunt one, in honor to one of the buyers of the land. Thanks to the tenacity, push and own characteristics of their people, were begun to give new alternatives from growth to the region, to such degree that
Rincón de Romos : Aguascalientes
It is located to 39 kilometers of Aguascalientes (Mexico) , on the Pan-American highway . The history of its municipality dates from 1639 , when the creation of the villa was authorized that for a long time was known him with the name of Chora.
In 1658 , Blunt Diego of Vivar bought mayorazgo of the Property of Corner, of Pedro Corner of Arteaga. That commercial treatment brought with himself the conjugación of both last names, changing the name of Chora by the one of Corner of Blunt. It is not until the year of 1915
Not long enough to cover the region, but you don't have to do the whole isthmus in one trip Breaking down the options, three weeks could comfortably be spent exploring Guatemala with a fortnight taking in the essentials of Antigua, Tikal and Lake Atitlan. Spend the extra week in the Cayo District of Belize, the'Caribbean coast of Guatemala crossing into Honduras for a bit of diving in the Bay Islands or heading north to the Indian homelands of Chiapas, Mexico. The Ruta Maya, taking in Guatemala, Belize and southern Mexico is possible in three weeks but doesn't really allow time
Lady Bears' Mexico trip mostly business
Baylor's trip to Riviera Maya, Mexico, sounds like a nice get-away vacation for the national champion Lady Bears.
Take in a little sand, surf and hoops over an extended Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
But make no mistake about it, this is no vacation.
“You can't just roam free around Mexico and show up for game time,†said senior guard Chameka Scott. “I think we're a team that knows when to play and when not to play. And a lot of having fun is actually winning. So we're going to win first and then have some fun.â€
Schwarzenegger to Mexico
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, looking to improve his image with Hispanics at home, was heading to Mexico on Friday to meet with Baja California Governor Eugenio Elorduy about security issues, immigration and a controversial border canal.
Schwarzenegger has come under fire from many of his state's 12 million Hispanics for opposing driver's licenses for illegal immigrants and proposing health and welfare cuts that would have hit Hispanics hard.
He angered both Californians and the Mexican government when he praised a citizen border patrol and said California's border with Mexico should be closed -- something he quickly apologized for.
His trip to
Indo-Mexico trade set to reach new high
Bilateral trade between India and Mexico is expected to grow exponentially with exports from India poised for major growth in the coming years.
Aiming to boost trade ties between the two countries and diversify India's exports, businessmen from India and Mexico held several interactions during a three-day exhibition here, showcasing Indian engineering products, services and technologies. Besides issues relating to bilateral trade, they also explored possibility of joint ventures and the factors that inhibit the expansion of trade between the two countries.
Organized by Indian Export Promotion Council, the exhibition generated direct business
Europe and US still split over next Doha move
The US and European Union remain starkly divided over who must take the initiative to end the deadlock in the Doha round of world trade talks, as trade ministers approach their next opportunity to make progress at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland next weekend.
Comments by Peter Mandelson, EU trade commissioner, and Rob Portman, US trade representative, have quashed hopes that there has been a significant change of heart since the World Trade Organisation ministerial meeting in Hong Kong in December left central issues unresolved.
Speaking on Monday in Berlin, Mr Mandelson insisted
Mexico hopes to join Mercosur in 2006
Mexico is working with Mercosur members to join the South American trade block sometime late next year, the country's foreign minister said Thursday.
Luis Ernesto Derbez told a news conference that he will be working with Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay during a Dec. 9 meeting to ensure that joining Mercosur wouldn't conflict with Mexico's other trade agreements in the region.
The meeting is scheduled to take place in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Mexico is currently a so-called Mercosur "observer," meaning it is allowed to participate in the trade block's meetings.
In July 2004, however, Mexico asked to become
Assembly leader's trip to Mexico rife with political implications
Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez leaves for a three-day trip to Mexico this week to meet with Mexican President Vicente Fox and other officials, a visit he says is needed to repair frayed relations between California and its largest trading partner.
Nunez said Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's recent comments on border security, including his praise of the volunteer Minuteman patrols, offended some Mexican officials.
"I didn't realize the attitude in Mexico toward Gov. Schwarzenegger is bad, very bad," Nunez, D-Los Angeles, said . "When I talk to people from Mexico, high-ranking officials from Mexico, it is
