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Mexico Free Trade Agreements News – USMCA & EU-Mexico Free Trade Agreement – Newsletter

30 Apr , 2020  

USMCA, EUMEXFTA, Mexico, Free Trade Agreements, European Union, Rules of Origin, Auto, Labor

This week in our newsletter, The Trading Room, we address developments regarding the entry into force of USMCA as well as the modernization of the EU-Mexico Free Trade Agreement. Download our newsletter in PDF on the following link: Trading Room -30042020 USMCA Last Friday the US Government notified the US Congress that Mexico and Canada “have taken […]

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Mexican Antidumping Investigation on dioctyl phthalate from Korea and the USA

19 Mar , 2020  

dioctyl phthalate, Korea, USA, Mexico, Eastman, Ministry of Economy, UPCI, International Trade, USMCA, antidumping, notice of initation

Today, 19 March 2020, the Mexican Ministry of Economy published in the official gazette the notice of initiation of the antidumping investigation regarding dioctyl phthalate imports from Korea and the USA.   VTZ Law Firm prepared a summary with the most relevant information regarding the notice of initiation, which is available in the following link: VTZ – Antidumping […]

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Mexican Newsletter: FDI in Mexico, USMCA and EUMexFTA

21 Feb , 2020  

Newsletter, International Trade and Investment News in Mexico, Foreign Investment in Mexico, FDI, China, Coronavirus, USMCA, Secretaría de Economía, EUMEXFTA, Free Trade Agreement, International Trade

Trading Room: Mexican Trade and Investment News (Download the PDF: Trading Room -21022020)   Foreign Investment in Mexico during 2019 In UNCTAD’s 2019 investment report, it was mentioned that “Foreign Investors were reassured by the final signature of the revised [NAFTA] (now called the USMCA).” Now, the Mexican Ministry of  Economy issued a newsletter reporting […]

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

5 Jul , 2019  

newsletter, g20, Mexico-China, Ministry of Economy, Best Lawyers, VTZ

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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Migration and USMCA – The Trading Room

14 Jun , 2019  

Migration, Mexico and USA, International Trade and Tariffs, USMCA Ratification

The Trading Room (Download the PDF version: Trading Room -20190614 Migration Pact stops Tariffs Friday afternoon, Mexico and the US agreed on the migration crisis, an agreement that prevents, at least temporarily, the establishment of tariffs against products from Mexico. We highlight the following from the joint declaration and the press: Mexico comprises to send […]

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Trade Alert: End of Mexican Countermeasures Against US Products

20 May , 2019  

Elimination of Mexico Countermeasures against US Products, 232 measures

End of Mexican Countermeasures Against US Products (Download the PDF version: Trade Alert – 20052019) Last Friday a joint statement by the US and Mexico was issued regarding the elimination of the so-called Section 232 tariffs on Mexican steel and aluminum. On Sunday 19th, the US President issued a Proclamation that eliminated the 232 measures applicable […]

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Habemus NAFTA…or USMCA! – Trading Room 5/10/2018

5 Oct , 2018  

This week on The Trading Room: Habemus NAFTA…or USMCA Late Sunday night, Canada and the US reached an agreement, which allowed to maintain the updated version of the trilateral agreement, now called USMCA. The text… See More. Mexican Senate and USMCA  The future Mexican Minister of Foreign Affairs proposed by the President-Elect visited the Senate […]

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Why Should We Keep Chapter 19 of the NAFTA?

27 Sep , 2018  

A group of Trade Law Experts from the Mexican Trade Law Bar, including our partner Adrian Vázquez, issued the following statement about: Why Should We Keep Chapter 19 of the NAFTA? But first….  

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VTZ Trading Room -07/09/2018

7 Sep , 2018  

This week on The Trading Room: November 29, 2018, the Signature of NAFTA 2.0? “Last Friday, the USTR issued a statement notifying that President Trump notified Congress “…of his intent to sign a trade agreement with Mexico and Canada, if it is willing – 90 days from now.” Jennifer Hillman, US trade expert and former […]

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Mexico strikes back: Countermeasures

5 Jun , 2018  

Secretaría de Economía, Precios estimados, Subvaluación, sectores calzado, textil y confección, Secretaría de Bienestar, Zona Económica Especial, NOM-051, Información comercial y sanitaria, Etiquetado, alimentos y bebidas no alcohólicas preenvasados, Tratado de Libre Comercio, México, Panamá, Certificado de origen, Devolución de aranceles, Instructivo de llenado, COVID-19, Plazos, Términos,Prácticas desleales de comercio internacional, UPCI, Dirección General de Facilitación Comercial y de Comercio Exterior (DGFCCE), certificados de elegibilidad para bienes textiles y prendas de vestir (TPL) y certificados de cupo, SNICE, Colombia, bienes textiles y del vestido, IMPI, Alianza del Pacífico, Cosméticos, Eliminación de Obstáculos Técnicos al Comercio, Emergencia Sanitaria, Actividades esenciales, Investigación antidumping

Today, the President of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, issued two Decrees that adopted countermeasures against the United States (US) as a result of the US tariffs applied to aluminum and steel imports from Mexico. Most Mexican countermeasures come into effect today. Mexico has adopted a strong position against the US, selecting a wide range of […]

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