RE: Fireworks in Sonora5 Feb 2022 18:56
6th January 2020
Today, there are two very interesting factors to consider. First, the USMCA really opened the possibility of increasing the proportion of the regional content that can be added to Mexico´s value-added chains. This has been a great magnet for the reallocation of Chinese companies in Mexico, particularly in the automotive, electric, electronic, and metal mechanic industries. While Chinese corporations have begun to land in Mexico, it is very clear that this represents good opportunities but also challenges that we must be prepared to meet.
https://mexicobusiness.news/trade-and-investment/news/50-years-mexico-china-relations-2022-recovery-action
In 2021, total exchange between Mexico and China accounted for around US$85 billion, and this is in a year of a global pandemic. In 2020, while imports decreased about 9 percent, exports increased around 12 percent. Mexican food exports to China tripled.
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"Whoever controls the lithium supply chain will control the future of the electric vehicle space," said Simon Moores, managing director at research and data provider Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. "There's a global battery arms race."
The Chinese government has been quietly instructing state-owned enterprises to hunt down lithium resources outside China, according to Francois Perrin, a portfolio manager at investment firm East Capital. He predicts that over the next few years, China will wield increasing influence over the supply of lithium and other metals used in electric batteries.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said he didn't have any specific information on the trend of Chinese investment in lithium supplies.
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It's always a good exercise to look back and reflect on where we were and how things have developed, I doubt the Chinese government will standby and watch Sonora slip out of Ganfengs hands.
https://money.cnn.com/2017/11/20/investing/lithium-china-electric-car-batteries/index.html