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A shrinking barrier. (2002 Latin-American Markets Supplement).


I've never seen the Rio Grande Rio Grande, city, Brazil
Rio Grande (rē` grän`dĭ), city (1991 pop.
 up close, but I've been told that at many points it is unimpressive as a border landmark. At times, the river does not appear to be much more than a stream, often trickling along a concrete path.

Whether the U.S.-Mexican border is marked by the Rio Grande or by an arbitrary line in the desert, the physical barrier is hardly insurmountable. What had kept business from being conducted across the border in the past were customs and tariff regulations, the language barrier, the lack of buying power Buying Power

The money an investor has available to buy securities. In a margin account, the buying power is the total cash held in the brokerage account plus maximum margin available.

Also referred to as "Excess Equity.
 in Mexico and fear of the unknown.

Increasingly over the past quarter century, the tariff and customs hurdles have been lowered, with the NAFTA NAFTA
 in full North American Free Trade Agreement

Trade pact signed by Canada, the U.S., and Mexico in 1992, which took effect in 1994. Inspired by the success of the European Community in reducing trade barriers among its members, NAFTA created the world's
 agreement being the most prominent trade pact A trade pact is a wide ranging tax, tariff and trade pact that often includes investment guarantees. Trade pacts are frequently politically contentious since they may change economic customs and deepen interdependence with trade partners.  reached. By most accounts, these agreements have also helped build a Mexican middle class that can afford more goods and services In economics, economic output is divided into physical goods and intangible services. Consumption of goods and services is assumed to produce utility (unless the "good" is a "bad"). It is often used when referring to a Goods and Services Tax. .

The language barrier remains, but is hardly insurmountable for most companies. In the U .S., finding a capable Spanish-speaking employee should not pose a difficulty (especially in the Southwest), and English remains a commonly learned language in Mexico.

Fear of the unknown can remain a hurdle for people on either side of the border. But most business owners would agree, operating from a base of fear is not the way to manage a growing business.

LA BARRERA SE REDUCE

Brian Taylor

Nunca he visto al Rio Bravo de cerca, pero me han dicho que, como delineacion de la frontera, no tiene nada de espectacular. En tramos, el rio no parecer ser mucho mas que un riachuelo, a menudo Menudo can refer to:
  • Menudo (band), a Puerto-Rican boy band
  • Menudo (soup), a traditional Mexican (and Ecuadorian) soup
  • Menudo (rapper), a chicano rapper
  • Menudo (team), a soccer team in Portland,ME
 escurriendose escasamente sobre un lecho de concreto.

Independientemente de si la frontera entre Mexico y Estados Unidos esta delineada por el Rio Bravo o por una linea arbitraria en el desierto, la barrera fisica no es para nada infranqueable. Anteriormente, los reglamentos aduanales y arancelarios, la barrera del idioma, la falta de poder adquisitivo en Mexico y el temor a lo desconocido habian obstaculizado las relaciones comerciales a traves de la frontera.

Durante los ultimos veinticinco anos, los obstaculos arancelarios y aduanales se han ido reduciendo cada vez mas. El convenio TLCAN TLCAN Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte (North American Free Trade Agreement)  es el pacto mas prominente celebrado hasta la fecha.

La barrera del idioma sigue existiendo, pero para la mayoria de las empresas no es tan dificil de derribar. En Estados Unidos, encontrar un empleado capacitado de habla hispana no debiera ser dificil (especialmente en el sureste) y el ingles This article is about an American supermarket chain. For a town in Gran Canaria, see Playa del Inglés.

Ingles (NYSE: IMKTA) is a regional supermarket chain based in Asheville, North Carolina, where Robert "Bob" Ingle opened the first store in Asheville, NC in
 sigue siendo el idioma extranjero que se aprende mas comunmente en Mexico.

El temor a lo desconocido puede seguir siendo un obstaculo para personas en ambos lados de la frontera. Sin embargo, la mayoria de los propietarios de comercios estarian de acuerdo en que trabajar basandose en el temor no es la forma de administrar un negocio en crecimiento.
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