On the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union and the United Mexican States

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pursuant to Rule 56(4) of the Rules of Procedure

Manon Aubry, Marina Mesure, Rudi Kennes

This deal is a corporate power-grab. It gives corporations the right to sue States before international tribunals and claim millions of euros when governments regulate in the public interest, while granting no equivalent enforceable rights to workers, communities or the environment. This exposes a glaring contradiction with Europe’s exit from the Energy Charter Treaty to protect itself from such lawsuits.

The agreement also runs counter to efforts to re-industrialise Europe. It facilitates the relocation of industries, particularly automotive production, to Mexico, and puts workers in Europe and Mexico into competition instead of supporting decent jobs, deepening a race to the bottom in labour conditions.

It significantly restricts governments’ policy space while promoting a harmful extractivist model and incentivises agri-food exports instead of supporting agricultural sovereignty.

This agreement will not deliver the benefits claimed. More than 95% of EU-Mexico trade in goods has already been tariff-free for over a decade and the Commission’s own evaluation of the existing agreement found that, after nearly twenty years, its economic impact was marginal even by the narrow measure of GDP.

We support stronger EU–Mexico relations and closer cooperation but on different terms.

29.6.2026

Mr Bernd Lange

Chair

Committee on International Trade

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Subject: Opinion on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union and the United Mexican States (COM(2025) 812 – 2025/0271(NLE))

Dear Mr Chair,

The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development calls on the Committee on International Trade, as the committee responsible, to incorporate the following suggestions into its motion for a resolution:

At its meeting of 29 June 2026, the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development considered the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union and the United Mexican States.

The Committee agreed with the proposed conclusion and decided to convey its opinion to the Committee on International Trade, as the committee responsible, pursuant to Rule 57.

Yours sincerely,

Veronika Vrecionová

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