Course summary
Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Mexico - Uruguay:
The specific objectives of the Mexico-Uruguay free trade agreement
are:
- Stimulate trade expansion and trade among members.
- Eliminate trade barriers and facilitate the circulation of goods and services
among members.
- Promote fair competition in trade among member countries.
- Substantially increase investment opportunities in the territories of
countries party to the agreement.
- Protect and enforce intellectual property rights in an appropriate and effect
manner in each member country.
The Uruguay Mexico 2004 free trade agreement is an exception since Mercosur,
made up of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, does not allow bilateral
agreements between a member and a third party.
The Mexico - Uruguay free trade agreement
was deposited with the ALADI (as ACE No 60)
on 25 June 2004.
The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Mexico - Uruguay
includes provisions on market access, sanitary,
phytosanitary and technical aspects of trade,
investment, trade rules and disciplines,
intellectual property, services, dispute resolution
and settlement administration.
From the entry into force of the Free Trade
Agreement (FTA) between Uruguay and Mexico, 1 July
2004, trade between Mexico and Uruguay grew by
23% until 2009, despite the fall in Uruguayan
exports recorded in 2009 due to the effects of U.S.
crisis in the country.
Bilateral trade has trebled between 2000 and 2008
from 180 million to over 500 million US dollars.
In 2008 Mexico was the tenth largest trading
partner of Uruguay, and fourth among the
countries of Latin America (after Argentina, Brazil
and Venezuela), with a share of 2%. In 1999, Mexico
was the partner number 16 globally and sixth at the
regional level, with a share of 1.5%
Investment (FDI) of Mexico in Uruguay is
about 200 million dollars. The cumulative investment
of Uruguay in Mexico amounted to 100 million
dollars.
Example of the course Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Mexico -
Uruguay (Spanish):
On 1999 Mexico and Uruguay signed an Economic
Complementation Agreement (ALADI - ACE No 5) and
entered into force on 1 March 2001.
On July 2002, Mexico and the member states of
MERCOSUR (Argentina,
Brazil,
Paraguay
and Uruguay) signed an ALADI framework agreement
(ACE No 54) that aims to create a free trade area.
Free Trade Agreements (FTA) of Mexico - Free Trade Agreements (FTA) of Uruguay
Educational level: Continuing education / Executive education programs.
International Business
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