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UAE and Mexico sign economic, investment agreements
The terms for negotiating a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between the UAE and Mexico was signed.
EU-Mexico FTA: Agreement in principle text (Apr 2018, updated in 2025)
As published by the European Commission.
Raw materials and resource-shackling under the EU’s FTA texts
In the area of energy and raw materials, the EU comes up with regressive and restrictive text proposals for its free trade agreement with India (also Tunisia, Vietnam, Mexico) which are directly contradictory to its own conduct and regulations
European Union rep confirms updates to trade agreement with Mexico
The trade agreement between the European Union and Mexico will be updated to include an energy chapter, the EU’s Executive Vice President for the Clean, Fair, and Competitive Transition, Teresa Ribera, announced.
Mexico faces French expropriation arbitration
The expropriation of a hydrogen plant in Mexico early last year has led to the filing of an investment arbitration against the state.
Korea-Mexico FTA negotiations signal new phase in bilateral trade relations
The Korean government announced plans to accelerate the resumption of free trade agreement negotiations with Mexico.
United States seeks Mexico’s review of alleged denial of workers’ rights at Aludyne Automotive Mexico City, S.A. de C.V.
The US has invoked the Rapid Response Labor Mechanism in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement to review whether workers at Aludyne Automotive Mexico City are being denied the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining.
Almadex files memorial documentation for investment arbitration claim against Mexico
Almadex has filed its memorial submission relating to its international arbitration proceedings under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership with Mexico, seeking damages of US$1.06 billion.
Trump grants one-month tariff reprieve to some goods from Mexico, Canada
President Donald Trump postponed for another month imposing tariffs on certain Mexican and Canadian products that comply with the North American free-trade treaty.
Trump officials eye tariff relief for USMCA-compliant products, Lutnick says
Trump’s administration is considering granting relief from his 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports to products that comply with the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
Canada and Mexico gambled on a free trade future. The bet is turning sour.
Few countries have bet as heavily on free trade as Mexico and Canada. Now that President Trump says 25% tariffs will hit both countries, their economies are facing a stress test that rivals the global financial crisis and the pandemic.
I was tear-gassed protesting free trade. Can I now say, “I told you so”?
A quarter century ago, I was tear-gassed protesting free trade. Now that Trump’s tariffs may signal the beginning of the end of globalization, do I get to say, “I told you so?”
Mexico’s path to food sovereignty undercut by USMCA decision
The dispute panel’s ruling against Mexico in a challenge brought by the US, and Mexico’s eventual agreement to withdraw the provisions on corn, points to the limitations of existing trade rules, which are heavily influenced by industrial agriculture and biotechnology interests.
Time to think beyond ‘worthless’ free trade agreements: Economists
Why should we feel constrained by a free trade agreement? If we could make a compelling economic and policy case to renationalize a key industry, we should just do it and we should stop worrying about whether it’s allowed in the free trade agreement or not.
Mexico’s CUSMA loss is a warning to New Zealand
Genetically modified corn dispute from the US and Canada exposes lack of protection for Indigenous rights in recent trade deals.
Mexico repeals GMO corn ban following USMCA arbitration ruling
The Mexican government officially repealed its ban on genetically modified corn imports from the United States, following an arbitration ruling under the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
The EU cheers, but Mexico fears, their new trade accord. Why? Donald Trump.
Brussels celebrates its new friendships. But Mexico, in the firing line of the U.S. president’s tariffs, has every reason to stay quiet.
EU-Mexico conclusion of a new trade agreement: the EU Commission adds more fuel to farmers’ anger
ECVC condemns the decision of the leaders of the European Commission and Mexico to conclude the EU-Mexico trade agreement negotiations, just one and a half months after the EU-Mercosur deal negotiations were finalised.
EU and Mexico seal updated trade deal
The EU has concluded negotiations with Mexico on an updated trade agreement, the European Commission announced in a press release.
United States prevails in USMCA dispute on biotech corn
The United States has prevailed in its dispute under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement challenging certain Mexican biotechnology measures concerning genetically engineered corn.