Mexico-Nicaragua Free Trade Agreement

EENI- School of International Business

Sub-subject: Mexico-Nicaragua Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the Mexico-Nicaragua Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
2. Certification of Origin
3. Regional Value Content
4. Investment Flows and International Trade between Mexico and Nicaragua

Sample of the sub-subject: Mexico-Nicaragua Free Trade Agreement (FTA)

Description of the Sub-Subject: Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Mexico and Nicaragua

The United Mexican States-Nicaragua Free Trade Agreement (America) entered into force in 1998.

The main purpose of the Mexico-Nicaragua Agreement is to establish a free trade zone.

The objectives of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Nicaragua and Mexico are to:

1. Promote the growth of bilateral trade between Mexico and Nicaragua
2. Eliminate the barriers to the international trade, and facilitate the movement of the export products (exports and imports)
3. Provide fair conditions of competition affecting the trade between Nicaragua and Mexico
4. Increase substantially the foreign direct investment opportunities
5. Provide an adequate and efficient protection and enforcement of the intellectual property rights
6. Set up a framework for the further cooperation between Nicaragua and Mexico; and
7. Create efficient procedures for the implementation and application of, and accordance with the Mexico-Nicaragua Free Trade Agreement (FTA), and for the resolution of disputes

The main subjects covered by the United Mexican States-Nicaragua Free Trade Agreement (FTA) are the following:

1. Access for export products
2. Tariff schedules
3. The agricultural sector
4. Sanitary and phytosanitary measures
5. Rules and Certificate of Origin
6. Customs Procedures
7. Safeguarding
8. Unfair trade practices
9. External trade in services
10. Telecommunications
11. Temporary entry of business persons
12. Financial services

The International Trade between the United Mexican States and Nicaragua: 388.4 million dollars.

Mexico and Nicaragua belongs to the Latin American area of the Western Christian Civilisation.

Mexico's Free Trade Agreements (FTA) - Nicaragua's Agreements