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USMCA Hotline and more | The Trading Room

14 Aug , 2020  

Mexican Economic Newsletter, International Trade News in Mexico

USMCA Hotline for Labor Complaints   On Monday, August 3, the United States Embassy in Mexico published, on its Twitter account, the “USMCA Hotline”, which is a platform to receive complaints or information on labor matters. This should not come as a surprise because it was foreseen in article 717 of the USMCA Implementation Act.   El […]

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NOM 051 en la OMC y UNCTAD reporta sobre los efectos de COVID-19

6 Mar , 2020  

Trading Room – Boletín Noticias de Económicas (Descarga nuestro boletín en PDF: Trading Room -06032020) NOM – 051 & OMC Durante la reunión del Comité de Obstáculos Técnicos al Comercio de la OMC, celebrada la semana pasada el 26 y 27 de febrero, la Unión Europea (UE) presentó una serie de comentarios al proyecto modificación […]

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Mexican Official Standard 051 & WTO and UNCTAD COVID 19 impact on Global Value Chains

6 Mar , 2020  

Amendments to Mexican Official Standard NOM 051, European Union, WTO, TBT, Mexico, Codex, Frontal Labeling, Coronavirus, COVID 19, UNCTAD

Trading Room – Newsletter on Economic News and Mexico (Download our newsletter in PDF: Trading Room -06032020) Mexican Official Standard – 051  & WTO During the meeting of the Technical Barriers to Trade Committee of the WTO, held last week on 26 and 27 February, the European Union (EU) submitted a series of comments on […]

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G20, Mexico-China, and Ministry of Economy- Trading Room

5 Jul , 2019  

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The Trading Room (Download the PDF version of our newsletter: Trading Room) G-20 Declaration: Global Economy On June 28th and 29th, the G20 summit was held in Osaka, Japan, and the Mexican President did not attend. We highlight, of course, the following three trade topics that were addressed in the “Global Economy” section of the declaration. […]

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Ministry of Economy at the Senate & Adjustments to CPTPP? – Trading Room

15 Mar , 2019  

Newsletter - Mexican Ministry of Economy Steel Industry, 232 Measures, Countermeasures, Mexico, CPTPP, Trade Law

The Trading Room (Download our newsletter in PDF: Trading Room) Hearing at the Mexican Senate’s Economy Commission On Wednesday last week, Luz María de la Mora, Underminister of International Trade, and Ernesto Acevedo, Underminister of Industry and Trade, attended to a hearing in the Economy Commission of the Mexican Senate. Mexican Steel Industry Ernesto Acevedo’s speech […]

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Tariff Reduction: Steel and Textiles – Trading Room

15 Feb , 2019  

Trading Room No More Steel “Safeguards” In several news outlets, it was reported that the Ministry of Economy will not renew the temporary raise of MFN Steel tariffs, 15% ad valorem, for 186 steel tariff items, which had been extended in several occasions since they were first implemented in 2015 due to the global overcapacity […]

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México en el WEF 2019 y Seguridad Alimentaria Mexicana: Trading Room

25 Jan , 2019  

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The Trading Room (for English, click here) México en el WEF Del 22 al 25 de enero se llevó a cabo el Foro Económico Mundial (“WEF” por sus siglas en inglés), que este año se tituló “Globalización 4.0: Cómo diseñar una arquitectura global en tiempos de la Cuarta Revolución Industrial”. Al foro asistió la Subsecretaria […]

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Australia ratifies CPTPP & T-MEC – TRADING ROOM

19 Oct , 2018  

This week on the Trading Room -20181019: CPTPP & Australia This Wednesday, the Australian Senate ratified the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership. Australia is the fourth country to ratify this free trade agreement….See More T-MEC, the New Spanish Name A week since the Twitter poll made by the Mexican President-Elect to determine the new Spanish […]

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VTZ Trading Room – 28/09/2018

28 Sep , 2018  

This week on Trading Room: Canadian WTO Proposal This Tuesday it was reported that Canada is working on a proposal to amend the WTO, as the EU (who by the way is going to meet with China on WTO reform in October). See More NAFTA 2.0 Text Public Today Este martes se reportó que Canadá […]

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VTZ Trading Room – 21/09/2018

21 Sep , 2018  

This Week on Trading Room: European Union: WTO Modernization vs. China This Tuesday, Cecilia Malmström, EU Trade Commissioner, presented a concept paper to modernize the WTO. We highlight the proposals aimed at… See More G20 Optimistic in Trade The G20’s Ministerial Meeting of Trade & Investment took place last Friday, and a Ministerial Statement was issued. […]

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