Mexico

“Trade Policy Reviews” analyse the trade policies and practices of each member of the WTO. The reviews consist of three parts: an independent report by the WTO Secretariat, a report by the government, and the concluding remarks by the Chair of the WTO’s Trade Policy Review Body. The opening section - “key trade facts” - provides a visual overview of the WTO member’s major exports/imports, main export destinations, origins for its imports and other k Read More

En los “Exámenes de las Políticas Comerciales” se analizan las políticas y prácticas comerciales de cada Miembro de la OMC. Los exámenes constan de tres partes: un informe independiente elaborado por la Secretaría de la OMC, un informe elaborado por el Gobierno, y las observaciones a modo de conclusión formuladas por el Presidente del Órgano de Examen de las Políticas Comerciales de la OMC. En la sección inicial -“principales datos sobre el come Read More

The Trade Policy Review Mechanism (TPRM) was first established on a trial basis by the GATT contracting parties in April 1989. The Mechanism became a permanent feature of the World Trade Organization under the Marrakesh Agreement which established the WTO in January 1995.

Durante el periodo 2012-2016, el crecimiento económico en México se aceleró: el PIB se expandió a una tasa promedio anual del 2,5%, superior al 1,4% registrado en el periodo 2007-2011. El PIB per cápita llegó a aproximadamente 10.000 dólares EE.UU. El crecimiento económico se ha sustentado tanto en el fortalecimiento de la demanda interna como en el aumento de las exportaciones de bienes manufacturados a los Estados Unidos. La inflación se Read More

In the last quarter of a century, trade policy in Mexico has undergone dramatic changes. After more than three decades dominated by an import substitution industrialization (ISI) strategy based on high trade barriers to protect the domestic market, in the early 1980s Mexico launched an ambitious process of trade liberalization. The levels of protection were reduced, first unilaterally, as part of the process of economic reform, and subsequently, through the n Read More

The Sixth Trade Policy Review of Mexico covers a period in the world economy marked by very low growth that has significantly affected developed economies and caused a sharp slow-down in the main emerging countries. This has occurred against a backdrop of factors that have generated great uncertainty and a substantial drop in oil prices, high volatility on global financial markets and a period of sluggish growth in some of our main export markets.

Durante el periodo del Sexto Examen de las Políticas Comerciales de México, la economía mundial se ha caracterizado por un crecimiento muy limitado, con importantes impactos en las economías desarrolladas y una desaceleración significativa en los principales países emergentes. Estos desempeños se han enmarcado por factores que han generado gran incertidumbre, resultando en una baja considerable de los precios del petróleo1, una gran volatili Read More