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Brazil-Mexico Economic Complementation Agreement
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  Background and Negotiations
   

On 03 July 2002, Brazil and Mexico signed the Agreement of Economic Complementation No. 53 (known as ACE No. 53). Two days later, Mexico and the MERCOSUR member countries - of which Brazil is part -signed the Agreement on Economic Complementation Nº 54 (ECA Nº 54) with the aim of creating a free trade area.

Eight years after the signing of the Agreement, on 10 May 2010, in Mexico City, both countries met to discuss the deepening of ECA Nº 53. On May 12th of the same year, Brazil and Mexico announced the preparation of a Strategic Agreement for Economic Integration.

On 08 November 2010, Brazil and Mexico announced the official beginning of the negotiation process for a Strategic Economic Integration Agreement.

On May 2015 Brazil and Mexico took steps to increase bilateral trade and investment over the next years by signing a series of agreements towards the expansion and deepening of the Economic Complementation Agreement No. 53. Two months later, from 7th to 8th of July, they held their first round of negotiations for the expansion of ACE No. 53. Another round of negotaitions took place in Mexico City, on 10-12 November 2015. The following round of negotaitions was held in Brasilia from 16-18 February 2016. The fourth round of negotiations finished in Brasilia on July 7, 2016. The fith round was held in Mexico City on October 1, 2016.

The sixth round of negotiations was held on June 12-14, 2017 in Brasilia, Brazil. Brazil and Mexico concluded the seventh round of negotiations on August 29-31, 2017 in Mexico City, Mexico. Brazil and Mexico concluded the eighth round of negotiations on November 14, 2017 in Brasilia, Brazil.

Documents relating to the deepening of the ACE 53
12-14 November 2017 Brasilia, Brazil. Eighth round of negotiations for the expansion of bilateral agreement No. 53 in Spanish PDF New!
31 August 2017 Mexico City, Mexico. Seventh round of negotiations for the expansion of bilateral trade agreement No. 53 in Spanish PDF
12-14 June 2017 Brasilia, Brazil. Sixth round of negotiations for the expansion of bilateral trade agreement No. 53 in Spanish PDF
01 October 2016 Mexico City, Mexico. Fifth round of negotiations between Brazil and Mexico for the expansion of bilateral agreement ACE No. 53 in Spanish PDF
07 July 2016 Brasilia, Brazil. Fourth round of negotiations between Brazil and Mexico for the expansion of bilateral agreement ACE No. 53 in Spanish PDF
16-18 February 2016 Brasilia, Brazil. Second round of negotiations between Brazil and Mexico for the expansion of bilateral agreement ACE No. 53 PDF
10-12 November 2015 Mexico City, Mexico. Round of negotiations between Brazil and Mexico for the expansion of bilateral agreement ACE No. 53 PDF
07-08 July 2015 Brasilia, Brazil. First round of negotiations between Brazil and Mexico for the expansion of bilateral agreement ACE No. 53 PDF
08 November 2010 Brazil and Mexico announced the official beginning of the negotiation process for a Strategic Economic Integration Agreement portuguese PDF
13 May 2010 Brazil and Mexico meet to discuss the launch of a Strategic Economic Integration Agreement portuguese PDF
12 May 2010 Press Communiqué Mexico-Brazil in reference to the preparation of a Strategic Economic Integration Agreement Spanish PDF
10 May 2010 Brazil and Mexico discuss to deepen ECA Nº 53 Portuguese PDF
February 2004 Brazil and Mexico negotiate expansion of bilateral agreement Spanish PDF
Sources: Ministério das Relações Exteriores, Brasil; Ministério do Desenvolvimento, Indústria e Comércio Exterior, Brasil; Secretaría de Economía de México

  Entry into Force
   

The Mexico-Brazil Agreement of Economic Complementation was deposited with the ALADI as ECA No 53 and entered into force on 02 May 2003.

Three additional protocols to the agreement have been issued.

  Related Articles and Studies
   
  Secretaría de Economía de México. Reporte de la relación comercial y de inversiones entre México y Brasil Spanish PDF
September 2004 Senado de la República de México. Acuerdo de Complementación Económica México-Brasil Spanish PDF

  Sources
 
 

Spanish version 
Recent Developments
  12-14 November 2017. Eighth round of negotiations for the expansion of bilateral agreement No. 53 New!
 

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