Thursday, November 24, 2016

Televisa and América Móvil´s concerns split between Trump and AT&T

The companies are exposed to the devaluation of the Mexican peso against the US dollar with the arrival of the Republican to the White House and the creation of a conglomerate with one of the most extensive infrastructures and one of the largest bases of contents and entertainment, if the merger of AT&T and Warner is approved.

Donald Trump's election as president of the United States raises credit risk for several Mexican telecommunications companies because of Republican proposals to liquidate or renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and move on to other protectionist measures such as Such as setting a 35% tariff on imports of Mexican products, imposing more taxes on remittances and building a wall or fence on the border between the two countries.

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