C.E.: Presentation


Presentation



The first issue of Comercio Exterior appeared on January 1951 under the direction of its founder, Manuel Vázquez Díaz. Since then, the journal has devoted its best efforts to publish solid information and to analyze the socioeconomic reality of the world. Throughout 50 years, Comercio Exterior has kept its pages open to all currents of thought, paying respect to different points of view and well-founded critique, and offering its readers up-to-date articles of world-known authors.

Comercio Exterior comprises information on a wide range of topics: foreign direct investment, the increasing presence of transnationals, the regional cooperation and integration experiences, the future of industrialization schemes, as well as the achievements in the transference of science and technology.

The reader will also find important contributions on rural life theory and evolution; demographics; employment and income; the transformation of Mexican relations with other countries, regions, and multilateral organizations; the origin and ominous effects of Latin American debt crisis, and their political consequences of rearrangement and macroeconomics adjustment. During the past years Comercio Exterior has payed special attention to the globalization of economy and sustainable development.