Procedure file

The Commission considers that the only way to do justice to the mutual interests of the Union and Mexico is to conclude an agreement governing economic partnership and political dialogue, the objective of which would be to implement stronger cooperation between the EC and Mexico on the basis of a fair and mutually supportive partnership in the economic, political and commercial sectors. [...] The Committee on External Economic Relations also proposed that the EU and Mexico strengthen commercial relations between the two partners by negotiating a preferential agreement, the final objective of which would be to: - gradually establish a free trade zone for the majority of products (mainly in the industrial and service sectors) and - progressively and reciprocally liberalize agricultural t. [...] Similarly, the legitimate rights, both economic and social, of the indigenous communities of Chiapas should be respected by implementing a programme of technical and financial assistance to promote the rural development of the region.? EU/Mexico relations: closer relations In adopting the report by Mrs MIRANDA DE LAGE (PSE, E), the European Parliament welcomed the decision of 2 May 1995 concerning. [...] At the same time, the EP believed that this agreement should be accompanied by a significant increase in financial aid from the Community with the goal of encouraging European private investment and economic and social development in Mexico in accordance with the arrangements made with the CEECs. [...] Finally, Parliament highlighted for the Commission the importance of a detailed study of the technical issues raised by the negotiation of this new agreement, particularly the definition of a transition period for industrial products, the arrangements for the progressive, reciprocal liberalisation of agricultural trade, and the rules of origin that would apply, in view of the discrepancies between.