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Helena Coe Senior Policy Adviser, Trade and International, CBI

What you need to know about the negotiations launched for an upgraded UK-Mexico trade deal

27 May 2022, 4 min read

Friday was Mexico day for the Global Trade team at the CBI, which you may already have seen if you follow our Twitter account (@cbi_int).

We started the day with a member roundtable chaired by Lord Bilimoria. The CBI hosted a delegation from Mexico, including the Secretary of Economy, Tatiana Clouthier, the Undersecretary of Foreign Trade, Luz María de la Mora, and the Ambassador of Mexico to the UK, Josefa González-Blanco.

We then dashed across London to Diageo’s new HQ to be at the official launch of the negotiations. Both Secretary of State for International Trade Anne-Marie Trevelyan and Secretary of Economy of Mexico Tatiana Clouthier reinforced the importance of this new deal and announced the first round of negotiations in July in Mexico.

So what does this mean for business – I thought we already had an agreement with Mexico?

The negotiations are for an upgraded and more ambitious free trade agreement with

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