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US excludes Canada, Mexico from TPP auto negotiations
5-Aug-2015 The Globe and Mail
Canada and Mexico are joining forces to try and break a major logjam over Japanese autos at the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks while the United States had already cut a deal with Japan
Obama seeks to fast track TTIP
7-Jul-2015 Left Foot Forward
Unions such as Unite and the United Steelworkers in the US and Canada have warned that their hard fought for and cherished social, employment rights and sectoral collective bargaining system may be undermined by new trade deals.
Valle de San Quintín labourers: a reflection of shame and demands for justice
13-Jun-2015 Alai Net
San Quintín is a credible, contemporary sample of the different processes that make up the contemporary system of labour exploitation
PH eyes 3 more bilateral agreements
28-May-2015 Rappler
The Philippines plans to forge bilateral agreements with Mexico, Chile and Canada, after the countries started last week exploration talks aimed at further strengthening their trade and economic relations.
Challenges and opportunities for EU-Mexico trade relations
27-May-2015 Katoikos
In early May, the Brussels think tank CEPS and the Spanish bank BBVA organised a meeting between high-level representatives from the EU and Mexico aiming to review the EU-Mexico trade relationship
Europe, Mexico to seek new trade pact to deepen North American ties
11-May-2015 Reuters
The European Union and Mexico will launch negotiations towards a new free-trade agreement later this year, as Europe seeks to tie its economy closer to North America following a deal with Canada and efforts to sign an accord with the United States.
EU-Mexico free trade agreement to be upgraded
11-May-2015 RTT
The European Union and Mexico announced the joint intention to upgrade the EU-Mexico Free Trade Agreement.
Mexican Senate proposes FTA with Cuba
17-Apr-2015 Tax-News.com
Mexico’s Senate has urged the Government to boost economic relations with Cuba, with a view to the possible signing of a free trade agreement (FTA).
The free trade treaty that destroyed Mexico
15-Apr-2015 El Ciudadano
Mexico is the clearest example of the consequences treaties could have on the economic, political and financial life of a nation and its society.
Free trade and Mexico’s junk food epidemic
10-Apr-2015 GRAIN
Food companies are infiltrating, inundating and taking over traditional food distribution channels and replacing local foods with cheap, processed junk foods. Free trade and investment agreements have been critical to their success.
NAFTA increased mass migration to the United States
26-Mar-2015 Criterio
After Mexico, the United States and Canada signed the FTA, in the agricultural sector alone five million workers lost their jobs in Mexico and they were forced to migrate.
Time for Menendez to stand against TPP for the sake of Latinos nationwide
11-Mar-2015 Roll Call
The TPP would displace 1.2 million workers across Mexico and the Caribbean and nearly 170,000 in the US, according to Mary O’Rourke, an industry analyst.
Mexico says Pacific free trade deal ’feasible’ in mid-March
23-Jan-2015 Reuters
A deal on a 12-nation Asia-Pacific trade pact could be concluded in mid-March, Mexico’s economy minister, Ildefonso Guajardo, said on Thursday.
Mexico begins free trade negotiations with Jordan
4-Sep-2014 Tax News
Mexico and Jordan held their first round of negotiations for a free trade agreement in Amman, end August.
Mexico purchases of US corn more than double
25-Jul-2014 Midwest Producer
As a result of the North American Free Trade Agreement and other factors, Mexico has already more than doubled its imports of US corn this year.
How the Mexican drug trade thrives on free trade
17-Jul-2014 The Nation
US policy—specifically the militarization of the border since NAFTA—has strengthened cartels’ power and enabled them to diversify their operations deeper into the legal economy.
Mexico: FTA’s only help the large poultry producer
4-Jul-2014 World Poultry
The free trade agreements signed by the Mexican government may have advantages for large Mexican companies but create problems for hundreds of poultry farmers in the country.
Mexico is waging war against American apples
15-May-2014 PRI
Mexico’s apple industry is the latest victim of NAFTA — and trying to fight back.
Mexico and Panama sign free trade agreement
4-Apr-2014 Reuters
The presidents of Mexico and Panama signed a free trade deal on Thursday, moving the smaller nation a step closer to joining the Pacific Alliance, a regional pact.
Mexico, Panama finish free-trade talks
25-Mar-2014 Wall St Journal
Mexian President Enrique Peña Nieto called the trade pact "another significant step toward Panama’s future participation in the Pacific Alliance, an inclusion which Mexico supports." The Pacific Alliance is a trade bloc that includes Mexico, Chile, Colombia and Peru.