Adjustments in Mexico’s Maquiladora Program to Incorporate NAFTA’s Article 303
As provided by NAFTA, Article 303 will enter into force next January 1st, 2001.
Year: 2000
November 2000-Mexico and EFTA Conclude Negotiations for an FTA
Mexico and EFTA Conclude Negotiations for an FTA
Mexico’s wide network of free trade agreements was further enhanced on November 3, 2000, with the conclusion of the negotiations that Mexico and the member states of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) had been holding since July 2000.
October 2000-NAFTA Builds a Robust North American Economy
NAFTA Builds a Robust North American Economy
In 1994, Canada, Mexico and the United States launched the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and formed the world’s largest free trade area with more than 400 million consumers.
September 2000-The Mexican Economy Performs Strongly
The Mexican Economy Performs Strongly
The implementation of NAFTA has led to strong economic growth in North America.
August 2000-Mexico and the U.S. Sign Antitrust Cooperation Agreement
Mexico and the U.S. Sign Antitrust Cooperation Agreement
Mexico’s Secretary of Commerce Herminio Blanco, the U.S. Assistant Attorney General Joel Klein and the Chairman of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Robert Pitofsky signed an antitrust cooperation agreement that will enable the FTC and Mexico’s Federal Competition Commission (FCC) to improve enforcement of both countries’ competition laws.
July 2000-Mexico Establishes an FTA with Guatemala, Hondouras and El Salvador
Mexico Establishes an FTA with Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador
On June 29, President Ernesto Zedillo, along with Presidents Fransisco Flores of El Salvador , Alfonso Portillo of Guatemala, and Hondouras’ Presidential Appointee William Handal, signed in Mexico City a Free Trade Agreement between Mexico and the Northern Triangle countries.
June 2000-NAFTA Success High on Presidential Agenda
NAFTA Success High on Presidential Agenda
On June 7, Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo began his ninth and last official visit to the U.S. which served to evaluate the legacy of the Clinton and Zedillo administrations.
May 2000-Mexico’s Automotive Industry Successfully Competes in the Global Market
Mexico’s Automotive Industry Successfully Competes in the Global Market
Mexico is playing a key role in the ongoing globalization of auto productions thanks to its trade and investment liberalization policies which have encouraged high levels of productivity.
April 2000- The Mexico-EU Free Trade Agreement
The Mexico-EU Free Trade Agreement
On March 23, during the European Union Meeting of Foreign Affairs and Commerce Ministers in Lisbon, Portugal, Presidents Ernesto Zedillo of Mexico, Antonio Guterres of the EU, and Romano Prodi of the European Commission signed the Lisbon Declaration and the Free Trade Agreement between Mexico and the EU.
March 2000-NAFTA’s Effect on U.S. Employment is Positive
NAFTA’s Effect on U.S. Employment is Positive
In January 2000, the University of California-Los Angeles published the study “The U.S. Employment Impacts of North American Integration after NAFTA: A Partial Equilibrium Approach”.
February 2000-Environmental Protection Along the Mexico-U.S. Border Improves
Environmental Protection Along the Mexico-U.S. Border Improves
Since NAFTA became effective, environmental institutions for the U.S.-Mexico border -the Border Environmental Cooperation Commission (BECC) and the North American Development Bank (NADBank)- have made evident that increased trade flows can go hand in hand with environmental protection.