of germans is not beer. it's coffee. on average, every adult consumes 4 cups a day. that's a new record. according to the german association of german coffee association, rather, it's by far the most popular beverage ahead of mineral water and a 3rd beer. the past few years have shaken up globalization with countries carving out trading spheres, imposing sanctions and looking at localize in their supply chains, often called near shoring. of the u. s, for example, has continued to liberalize trade with its neighbors, canada, and mexico, while restricting it with china. and that's forcing chinese businesses to get more creative about tapping into the world's largest market. it's an increasingly busy border. the rise of so called near shoring, bringing production closer to consumers, is attract more and more companies to tiquana on the mexico u. s. border. many of them are chinese firms, such as one of the world largest manufacturers of lcd screens is finance director says the supply chain is less developed here, but there is a financial upside yes, the way where we're gonna text the benefit that we will, we will proceed with some, some china for like co