MEXICO

Mexico Adopts Maximum Mercury and Cadmium Limits in Batteries, New Standards for Tyres

16 October 2018

Mexico has established maximum mercury and cadmium limits in batteries and battery packs and will also require batteries to include specific information and to comply with certain other requirements, effective from 28 September 2019. Additionally, new standards have been adopted for certain tyres. More

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Mexico: Market Profile

10 October 2018

Mexico is the second largest economy in Latin America. While trade growth remains strong, emerging risks stemming from the ongoing North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) renegotiations and the pace of internal reforms may impact investment. Significant tightening of fiscal and monetary policy in recent years have also weighed on domestic demand. Private consumption, however, has withstood the fall in real wages associated with an inflationary spike in 2017. More

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Miscellaneous Canadian and Latin American AD/CV Actions on Mainland Chinese Products

09 October 2018

Topics: Mexico Issues AD Duty Order on Micro-Wire for Welding; Mexico Renews AD Duty Order on Coaxial Cable; Argentina Terminates AD Probe of Ceramic Sanitary Ware; Brazil Begins Sunset Reviews on Garlic, Certain Steel Products; Canada Considers Sunset Review of AD/CV Duty Orders on Copper Tube. More

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Clause in USMCA Could Hinder Eventual FTA Between Canada/Mexico and Mainland China

04 October 2018

A provision included in a relatively obscure chapter of the recently unveiled United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) could potentially hinder an eventual FTA between mainland China and Canada and/or Mexico. The clause reflects the continued fixation of the Trump administration with mainland China, which observers believe could become even more pointed in the weeks ahead now that the NAFTA modernisation negotiations have been successfully concluded. More

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U.S. and Canada Reach Deal on New Tri-lateral Trade Agreement

02 October 2018

Following weeks of intense bi-lateral negotiations, the U.S. and Canada struck a deal 30 September on a new, modernised tri-lateral trade agreement to replace the NAFTA more than a month after the U.S. reached a separate deal with Mexico. The North American free trade area will remain essentially intact under the new deal although it will be more difficult for a number of products to qualify for duty-free treatment. More

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Mexico Begins Sunset Review of AD Duty Order on Ferrosilicomanganese

27 September 2018

Mexico has initiated a sunset review of the AD duty order on mainland Chinese high-carbon ferrosilicomanganese classified under HTSMX 7202.11.01. More

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Miscellaneous Canadian and Latin American AD/CV Actions on Mainland Chinese Products

17 September 2018

Topics: Mexico Begins Anti-Circumvention Review of AD Duty Order on Ammonium Sulphate; Canada Considers Sunset Review of AD/CV Duty Orders on Thermoelectric Containers; Canada Begins Scope Reviews of AD/CV Duty Orders on Fabricated Steel Components; Mexico Issues List of AD duty Orders Scheduled to Expire in Coming Months; Argentina Announces Scheduled Expiration of AD Duty Orders on Two Products; More

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Mexico Unveils New Mandatory Standards for High Chairs, Water Heaters

06 September 2018

Mexico has set new mandatory safety standards for high chairs for infants that will apply from 3 March 2019. More

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Mexico Launches AD Probe of Aluminium Foil

30 August 2018

Mexico has initiated an AD duty investigation of aluminium foil of a thickness not exceeding 0.2 millimetres, not backed, rolled but not further worked, classified under HTSMX 7607.11.01, from mainland China. More

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Talks Begin with Canada on Preliminary U.S.-Mexico Trade Agreement

30 August 2018

The United States has begun discussions with Canada on that country’s possible inclusion in the preliminary trade agreement that the United States and Mexico announced on 27 August. More

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