The Economic Impacts of the United States-Mexico-Canada …

Since implementation, the USMCA has proven effective and has had positive economic impacts. The collective market comprises over five hundred million consumers across the three nations [4]. Most significantly, the agreement establishes a framework for the countries to collaborate on trade policies aimed at supporting economic growth, …

Doing Business in Mexico

2 Doing Business in Mexico 2024 Overview Acknowledgments 5 Overview 6 Foreign Investment Law 7 1. Foreign Investment Law ... Federal Economic Competition Commission and Federal Telecommunications Institute 5. Dawn raids ... Environmental impact permitting 4. Prevention and control of air pollution 5. Water 6. Hazardous waste …

Mining's True Impact in Mexico

To operate, mining companies must have an environmental operating license, an operating certificate, authorization in terms of impact and change in land use and comply with Mexican specifications and standards. In Mexico, several companies, such as Torex Gold, have become examples of responsible companies. Regarding its …

Paper: Energy Transition in Mexico – A fair coal …

Designing a fair coal phase-out strategy in Mexico is one of the country's most urgent measures to address climate change and to ensure an energy transition under a perspective of justice, human rights, …

A dangerous form of coal mining is revived in …

In doing so, the administration resuscitated a form of coal mining so dangerous that lawmakers in both houses of Mexico's Congress had tried to ban it a decade ago.

The Economic Impact of Coal Mining in New Mexico

The economic impact of coal mining in New Mexico is examined in this report. The analysis is based on economic multipliers derived from an input-output model of the New Mexico economy. The direct, indirect, and induced impacts of coal mining in New Mexico are presented in terms of output, value added, employment, and labor …

Theorizing the Effect of Smog on Public Health in …

Impact of urban air pollution has variety of focuses such as urban ecology, human health, economy, etc. But human health is always given priority. Air pollution is threat to the lives of people ...

Economic impacts of Covid-19 – Global Energy Review …

India's combination of some of the world's strictest lockdown measures and limited stimulus spending led to one of the sharpest declines of any major economy, with GDP dropping by 7.2% in 2020. The outlook significantly improved at the end of the year, driven by recovering industrial production. Early estimates place India's annual GDP growth at 12% in 2021, …

The Vital Role of Imported Tomatoes: How Produce Grown in Mexico …

The recent study by the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension and the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics found U.S. and Canadian imports of fresh tomatoes from Mexico contributed an estimated $4.8 billion in total economic activity to the U.S. economy and supported nearly 33,000 full- and part-time jobs in 2016.

IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON THE INDIAN …

the lockdown in the economy between March 2020 and October 2020. Thirdly, it attempts to quantify the extent of economic losses in India using an Input-Output framework. Finally, it critically assesses the eco - nomic response of the Indian government in a comparative framework. The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the global economy has

Review Evaluating the environmental and economic impact of …

Over the years, the impact of mining on the economy, environment, and society has attracted several views (Balasubramanian, 2017; Festin et al., 2018; Mensah et al., 2015; Ocansey, 2013).A study, (Widana, 2019) conceptualized the impacts of mining into several forms such as functionality (socio-economic, political and environment), …

The Impact of NAFTA on the United States

as Mexico's economy grew and demanded more goods and services, there would be an expanding market for U.S. exports. Furthermore, they argued that the agree-ment would have a relatively small impact on the U.S. economy since Mexico accounted for a small share of U.S. trade and the U.S. average tariffs against Mexico

The Economic Impact of Drug Trafficking in Mexico

Drug Trafficking in Mexico is a multibillion-dollar industry which shapes the country in many ways. This paper will highlight the economic impact of drug trade in Mexico by using pro/contra ...

Mexico's year in review: The 10 biggest business stories

The peso had a strong year in 2023. (Crisanta Espinosa Aguilar/Cuartoscuro) The peso hit an almost eight-year high of 16.62 to the greenback in late July, and has mostly remained below 18 to the ...

Mexico's president revived dangerous form of coal mining

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador enacted a plan two years ago to revive coal-fired power plants in northern Mexico and give preference to buying coal …

Review A review on the deteriorating situation of smog and …

In this systematic review, we discuss the major issues concerning smog in Pakistan: the causes, methods of detection, hazardous effects, and opportunities for preventive measures based on ground-level information. This study identifies smog as a potential source of human health risk as serious repercussions of economic development.

Check Call: The effects of nearshoring in Mexico

An article by FreightWaves' Noi Mahoney says, "According to Mexico's secretary of the economy (SE), there were 378 foreign direct investment (FDI) announcements last year, totaling over $6.4 billion. Private-sector businesses from the U.S. were the top investors in Mexico, accounting for 38% of FDI.

Mexico Clean Energy Report

Mexico Has Abundant Renewable Energy Resources to Meet Its Energy Goals. Mexico generated 86.27 TWh or 26.7% of its electricity from clean energy resources in 2021. To …

Key economic indicators of Mexico

Mexico is an OECD and G-20 member country and, with a GDP that amounts to slightly over 1.4 trillion U.S. dollars, it ranks as the second largest economy in Latin America and one of the largest in ...

The Environmental Impacts of Cryptomining

After cryptocurrency mining was banned in China in 2021, the amount of mining operations exploded in the United States. In the year prior to July 2022, Bitcoin consumed an estimated 36 billion kilowatt …

(PDF) The maquiladora industry impact on the social and economic …

This makes the welfare of Mexico's economy largely reliant on foreign offshoring interest. Of the nation's USD $309.6 billion in exports, over half come from maquiladora factories (Dorocki, 2014) .

Understanding the impacts of mining on local environments …

J-WAFS researchers Scott Odell, a visiting researcher in MIT's Environmental Solutions Initiative, and John Fernández, a professor in MIT's Department of Architecture, are examining climate change, copper mining, and desalination, and their environmental and social impacts on Indigenous communities, glaciers, and agriculture …

- Economic Impact of the Mineral Industry in New Mexico

ia T. McLemore, Principal Senior Economic Geologist . New Mexico's mineral wealth is among the richest endowments in the United States. In 2022 New Mexico ranked 24th in production among the states. New Mexico's mineral production in 2022 includes: 13 th in coal (9 million tons, $352.6 million)

The future of coal in a carbon-constrained climate

Still, the urgency of climate change action demands the world to reduce coal use without carbon capture and storage quickly, and cease it over coming decades 6.Yet, focusing on the environmental ...

Mexico Energy Profile – Analysis

The map displays the resources and energy infrastructure of the region as of 2022. Data is available for mining, electricity generation capacity, natural gas and oil …

Fossil fuels

But it's important to look at the role of coal, oil, and gas individually – their impacts are not equal. Coal, for example, typically produces more CO 2 and local air pollution per unit of energy [see our article on the relative safety and impacts of different energy sources].

How Has Nafta Affected the Mexican Economy? Review and Evidence

This paper provides a comprehensive assessment of the impact of NAFTA on growth and business cycles in Mexico. The effect of the agreement in spurring a dramatic increase in trade and financial flows between Mexico and its NAFTA partners, and its impact on Mexican economic growth and business cycle dynamics, are documented …

The economic impact of banking the unbanked : evidence from Mexico

This paper examines the effects of providing financial services to low-income individuals on entrepreneurial activity, employment, and income. The analysis exploits cross-. The economic impact of banking the unbanked : evidence from Mexico

Mexico Overview: Development news, research, data | World Bank

Mexico is the second largest economy in Latin America. The World Bank Group engagement with the country is structured around a model that provides development solutions adapted to the country, with an integral package of financial, knowledge and convening services.

Does coal mining benefit local communities in the long run?

Giam et al. (2018) also demonstrated persisting negative impacts on stream biodiversity near coal mines in the US. Consequently, the local positive impacts of coal mining that contribute to favouring this option to support regional economic development may look vastly different when additional factors are considered.

Sustainability and Environmental Impacts of Sugarcane …

Brazil, for instance, has adopted efficient technologies and improved public policies to guarantee the sustainable ethanol production. Sustainability aspects involve environmental, social, and economic impacts, both for agricultural and industrial phases. All impacts for the agricultural phase are the same both for sugar and ethanol production.

The Impact of Neoliberalism in Mexico: How Free-Market …

Since the 1980s, the implementation of free-market policies, also known as neoliberalism, in Mexico has seemingly coincided with a sluggish economy and a profoundly unequal society. According to several authors, the beneficiaries of neoliberal policies in Mexico have been international capital, corporations, and Mexican elites. Not …

Did NAFTA Help Mexico?

Mexico's per capita GDP growth of just 18.6 percent over the past 20 years is about half of the rate of growth achieved by the rest of Latin America. If NAFTA had been successful in restoring Mexico's pre-1980 growth rate – when developmentalist economic policies were the norm – Mexico today would be a relatively

Coal Scam One Of India's Biggest Scams: CBI Seeks …

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday said the coal scam is one of the biggest scams in the country and the impact of this scam is that companies are not coming forward ...

Full article: A review of renewable energy sources, sustainability

A review of renewable energy sources, sustainability issues and climate change mitigation ... Historically, the first recorded commercial mining of coal occurred in 1,750, near Richmond, ia. Momentarily, coal became the most preferred fuel for steam engines due to its more energy carrying capacity than corresponding quantities of …

For Mexico's president, the future isn't renewable …

Mexico once embraced renewable energies. Now it's doubling down on dirty fossil fuels such as coal, seen here being extracted from the Santa Barbara mine near the town of San José del Aura ...

Mexico

Evolution of coal final consumption by sector in Mexico since 2000. Mexico's population is expected to grow to more than 150 million towards 2050 from 120 million today. This, …

Coal is Gold: The 'Coalgate' Scam

disbursement of funds for the purpose of development of the economy. India being rich in mineral ores, has a huge market for the same. But in the past few years, many unwanted scams and cheats have been seen in the economy. ... The coal allocation scam, popularly known as 'Coalgate' in media. It is a political scandal that was surrounded by ...

The Economic Impact of Coal Production and Coal …

2 Bureau of Business & Economic Research 2 Coal and the United States Economy: Recent Trends COAL PRODUCTION: The coal industry in the U.S. has experienced substantial declines over much of the past decade. Total coal production in the nation peaked in 2008 at more than 1,170 million short tons,