Mexico wants to keep shoes out of TPP
22/08/2013
TPP proposes free trade among Australia, Brunei, Chile, Canada, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States, and Vietnam. It could come into force as soon as the end of 2013, according to some observers.
In recent comments to local media, Mr Lerín said footwear companies in Mexico’s two most important shoe-producing states were preparing a formal request for the types of footwear they produce not to be included. It would mean they would have no free access to other TPP markets, but what interests them is that their TPP trading partners, particularly Vietnam, would have no free trade access to Mexico.
“Before the removal of quotas on imports from China at the end of 2011, Vietnam was the biggest exporter of shoes to Mexico,” Mr Lerín said.
He added that complaints about the influence of Mexican private-sector businesses on their government’s TPP negotiations are unfair. He said governments have a duty to listen to the views of companies that will be affected by the decisions they make.
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