Mexico

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.