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Earliest Jewish manuscript in New World to return to Mexico
MEXICO CITY The oldest Jewish document of the New World will be returned to Mexico in March, the Mexican consulate in New York said on Friday, more than seven decades after it disappeared.
Cause of Mexican sewage spill fouling U.S. beaches under investigation
LOS ANGELES A massive sewage spill from Mexico's Tijuana River that polluted miles of coastland in Southern California and northern Mexico has prompted an investigation, with U.S. officials calling it deliberate and Mexican authorities saying it was an accident caused by heavy rain.
Peso surges on more 'neighborly' U.S.-Mexico tone on NAFTA
MEXICO CITY The peso rallied on Friday to a nearly four-month high after the new U.S. commerce secretary offered a softer tone on trade talks and as his Mexican counterpart echoed the sentiment that the two sides could reach a mutually beneficial trade deal.
NAFTA needs to be modernized: Mexican economy minister
DETROIT Mexico is prepared to negotiate changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement to modernize the 23-year-old open trade pact grouping the United States, Canada and Mexico, Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said on Friday.
Mexico economy minister to meet with Ford, GM in Detroit
MEXICO CITY Mexico's economy minister will travel to Detroit on Friday to meet with executives from automakers Ford Motor Co and General Motors Co , keeping a frenetic pace of meetings to deter President Donald Trump from punishing Mexican exports.
U.S. proposes awarding five air carriers new Mexico City slots
WASHINGTON The U.S. Transportation Department on Thursday proposed awarding 24 slot pairs at Mexico City’s Benito Juarez International Airport to Alaska Airlines, JetBlue Airways Corp , Southwest Airlines Co , Volaris and Grupo Viva Aerobus SAB de CV.
U.S. drugs czar stresses need to work with Mexico to stem drug flow
WASHINGTON The head of counter-narcotics at the U.S. State Department stressed on Thursday the importance of working with Mexico in countering the flow of killer drugs, a cooperative effort that has been called into question by U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to build a border wall.
Mexico says it will defend rights of its migrants, cooperate with U.N.
GENEVA A senior Mexican official told a United Nations human rights forum on Thursday that his government would defend the rights of Mexican migrants from discriminatory security measures.
Eleven bodies, some with signs of torture, found in Mexico's Veracruz
MEXICO CITY Eleven bodies were found near a tourist area in the Mexican state of Veracruz on Wednesday, a day after the government said it would send federal police to calm one of the most violent regions of the country.
Mexico's Cemex willing to provide quotes for border wall cement
MEXICO CITY Mexico's Cemex, one of the world's largest cement producers, is open to providing quotes to supply the raw materials for U.S. President Donald Trump's promised border wall, its chairman told Reforma newspaper on Wednesday.
Mexico central bank expects Trump policies to weaken 2017 growth
MEXICO CITY Mexico's central bank revised down its 2017 economic growth forecast on Wednesday to between 1.3-2.3 percent, citing myriad risks to Latin America's No.2 economy from expected protectionist policies by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Exclusive: Mexico may force Slim's America Movil to separate fixed unit - sources
MEXICO CITY Mexico's telecoms regulator has discussed forcing billionaire Carlos Slim to legally separate part of his fixed-line unit Telmex from the rest of the company, people familiar with the matter said, a move that would intensify antitrust rules against the company.
Mexico will only stay in NAFTA if it suits it: minister
MEXICO CITY A defiant Mexico said on Tuesday it would only stay in NAFTA if it suited it and rejected the imposition of any tariffs or quotas when renegotiating the trade deal U.S President Donald Trump wants to recast to benefit the United States.
Shell approves new Gulf of Mexico project, first since 2015
LONDON Royal Dutch Shell has given the go-ahead to develop its Kaikias deepwater field in the Gulf of Mexico, the first such project the oil and gas company has approved in 18 months.
U.S. judge dismisses case against Wal-Mart over Mexico bribery
Wal-Mart Stores Inc on Monday won the dismissal of a U.S. lawsuit accusing the world's largest retailer of defrauding shareholders in its Wal-Mart de Mexico unit by concealing its suspected bribery of public officials in Mexico.
Mexico's Pemex sharply reduces losses as oil prices rise
MEXICO CITY Mexican state-owned oil company Pemex on Monday reported a much smaller fourth-quarter loss, due in large part to higher crude prices.
Mexico factory exports slump in January
MEXICO CITY Mexican factory exports slumped in January by the most since October, while non-oil consumer imports dipped slightly, data showed on Monday, as Donald Trump took over the White House.
Mexico warns it will end NAFTA talks if U.S. proposes tariffs - Bbg
Mexico's economy minister Ildefonso Guajardo warned that his country will break off negotiations on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) if the United States were to propose tariffs on products from Mexico, Bloomberg reported on Monday.
Mexico warns of tariffs, spurns U.S. aid under review by Trump
MEXICO CITY An emboldened Mexico hardened its opposition to President Donald Trump on Friday by saying it would retaliate if the United States imposed a border tax and that it can afford to lose financial aid that might be pulled to pay for a border wall.
Faced with U.S. import tariff, Mexico says could tax select goods
MEXICO CITY Mexico would probably respond to any tariff the United States imposes on imports from its southern neighbor with levies on select goods, Mexico's Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray said on Friday.
Mosul victims treated for chemical agents as displacement accelerates
BAGHDAD/ERBIL, Iraq The number of civilians escaping the fighting in Mosul has increased significantly as battles intensify between U.S.-backed Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants, and some have been exposed to chemical agents, the Red Cross said on Friday. | Video