LATINtalk (June 2020): Mexico auto industry crisis | Mexico workers return to plants | Brazil car sales: 40% fall | USMCA Uniform Regulations Issued | Supply Chain: Mexico, LatAm | FDI returns to Brazil

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June 2020 edition

MEXICO AUTOMOTIVE

Mexico’s auto industry in unprecedented crisis due to coronavirus

Volkswagen, Audi ordered to keep Mexican factories shut

Volkswagen in Mexico will begin sending workers back to plant on Tuesday

Workers return to Mexico's border factories as auto sector reopens

General Motors Instructs Mexican Suppliers To Prepare To Resume Operations

Ford restarts all its operations south of the border, FCA adds shifts

Mexico holds Detroit Three in its hands

INTERVIEW OF THE WEEK

Our latest Audio Interview features Ricardo Nunez. Mr. Nunez founded Detroit, Michigan-based, NEGIS Núñez Enterprises Global Intercultural Strategies, which is a hybrid learning and talent development consultancy. For over 20 years, the Company has worked with many automotive industry clients in North and Latin America, and specializes in contextualizing L&D needs through training, coaching, and consulting services.

Listen to Ricardo Nunez Interview here

BRAZIL & LATIN AMERICA AUTO (continued) ...

Brazil anticipates 40% fall in sales of cars, light commercial vehicles, trucks and buses, this year

Latin America auto production starting to wake up

Vehicle electrification seen up more than five-fold in Latin America

Chevrolet Launches First Online Vehicle Store In Brazil

Brazil exemplifies the auto industry’s CASE challenge

Evandro Gussi: 'Brazil is willing to share knowledge and help India develop a robust ethanol policy.'

New Century in talks with Brazil's Vale over nickel-cobalt mine sale

Based in Brazil, radiating to Latin America – CAOA Chery re-exports Tiggo 2 to Paraguay

Mexico Challenges for ‘Clean’ Electricity

Demand for Baja Medical Devices Soars

Chihuahua’s Energy Potential

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

This Audio Interview features Robert Peels. Based on the revolutionary modeling ideas that he developed while working as strategy director for Royal DSM, a ten billion dollar Dutch chemical multinational — in 2011, Robert Peels started Flostock, a consultancy specialized in volatility. Flostock is now providing stock & flow analyses for many volatile industries, including petrochemicals, semiconductors, and other industries.

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This Audio Interview features Harpreet Singh. Mr. Singh is an Investment Banker turned entrepreneur, and Founder of India-based AutoFlipz. He and his team are working on bridging the gap between authorized and IAM Repair Shops in India.

Listen to Harpreet Singh Interview here

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SUPPY CHAIN AND TRADE

Mexican auto sector speeds to meet new trade rules as output falls

USMCA Uniform Regulations Issued

New cargo inspection program to cut wait times at Texas border port

Supply Chain Growth in the U.S., Mexico and Latin America

NAFTA replacement looms as carmakers emerge from COVID-19 shutdowns

Nearshoring offers hope to grim Mexican freight outlook

Ships in Quarantine as Brazil Struggles With COVID-19

Mexico in Brief: COVID-19 checks plummet at ports of entry

Port of Pecém – First Brazilian port to become a Green Award Incentive Provider

Listen to over 30 Interviews on global supply chain and purchasing related topics.

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PRIVATE WEBINAR SERIES

"Managing Upcoming Volatilities in the Global Automotive Supply Chain:

Taming the Bullwhip Together"

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Lots of uncertainty how demand in automotive will develop in the coming months and year. So, where are your decisions based on regarding demand, production, inventory levels and logistics? How do you make the right decisions in an uncertain world?

Involvation and Flostock have developed a proven and pragmatic approach to manage upcoming volatilities in the Global Automotive Supply Chain. If you want to know more, download the white paper and register for the Private Webinar (see details below)!

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Each Private Webinar covers:

Introduction
Managing Bullwhip Volatility: Lessons learned from 2008/2009
A round of actual observations in the automotive supply chain: Round of input from participants
What is different now: Discussion on differences between Credit-crisis of 2008 and the actual Corona-crisis
Bullwhip Response Team: A possible approach. Presentation by Involvation with discussion

"Fasten Your Seatbelts! Predict, Prepare and Respond in Automotive" by Involvation, download here.
"More Than a Crystal Ball – The credibility of market forecasts: The Lehman Wave till 2012” article by Robert Peels (Flostock) download here.

Audio Interview:

"Managing Actual Volatile Demand in the Global Automotive Supply Chain" with Egge Haak
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Webinar dates:

June 17
June 24
July 1
July 8
July 15
July 22
July 29

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MANUFACTURING & ECONOMY

Covid impact: Industrial production in Mexico plummets

Brazilian Companies Are Struggling Under The Burden Of COVID-19

Brazilian industry sees record drop due to Covid-19

Covid-19 wrecks Brazil's machines and equipment industry

Mexico Economic Outlook

Mexico's coronavirus peak still weeks off, 600 new deaths tallied

Bogota Brims With Bullishness, Sees Post-Crisis Upswing

Economic Snapshot for Latin America

Brazil: Real gains back ground amid improved market sentiment

FINANCE, TAX, LEGAL AND M&A

Mexico Issues Guidelines for Reopening Economic Activities

Exclusive: Mexico's tax chief eyes criminal charges as path to tougher corporate enforcement

Foreign investment returns to Brazil in May, first since July 2019

“In Mexico Companies Can Reorganize Their Debt Through an Out-of-Court Restructuring Mechanism, or opt for the Judicial Insolvency Proceeding”

Parking operator is Brazil's first 'online' IPO

Argentina: May inflation 1,5% and 43,4% in the twelve months

Latin American Corporates Hit Hard by Pandemic Lockdown

Stumbling angel? Mexico risks losing investment grade credit rating

HR & TALENT MANAGEMENT

Mexico Reopens June 1: Health and Safety Protocols Announced. Approval to Operate Prior to June 1.

The Labor Law Implications of COVID-19 in Central America

U.S. Extends Temporary Travel Restrictions Applicable to Land Ports of Entry at the U.S.-Mexico Border and the U.S.-Canada Border

Uruguay Thinks Creatively About Redistribution of IT Talent

Three-Out-of-Four Expats Feel Safe Living in Mexico

Why Costa Rica is the Undisputed Best Place for Expats to Live in Latin America

Listen to over 30 Interviews on international HR related topics.

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This Audio Interview features Dr. David A. Victor, Full Professor of Management and International Business at Eastern Michigan University, and the author of six books on International Business Communication. Since the mid-1980s, David has worked as a consultant and coach to over 200 clients in the fields of cross-cultural business practice and negotiations, diversity/inclusion management and executive expatriate relocation adjustment. He has extensive experience consulting in the auto industry.

Listen to Dr. David A. Victor Interview here

EVENTS

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