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S/C/N /1060  
 
28 June 2021  
(21-5209) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements  
Council for Trade in Services  Original:  English   
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENT  
1. Member(s) notifying:  United Kingdom and Mexico  
2. Date of notification:  28 June 2021  
3. Notification pursuant to  
[X] Article XXIV:7(a) of GATT 1994  
[X] Article V:7(a) of GATS  
[ ] Paragraph 4(a) of the Enabling Clause  
4. Parties to the Agreement:  United Kingdom  of the one part;  
and Mexico of the other part . 
5. Date of signature:  15 December 2020  
6. Date(s) of entry into Force:  1 June 2021  
7. Brief description of the Agreement:   
The United Kingdom's previous preferential trading relationship with Mexico was governed 
by the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between  
the European Community and its Member States of the one part, and the United Mexican 
States, of the other part ( "the EU -Mexico Agreement ", see document series: WT/REG109).  
The Trade Continuity Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Northern Ireland and the United Mexican States ( "the Agreement "), based on the EU -
Mexico Agreement, was signed on 15 December 2020.  The Agreement establishes a free 
trade area for trade in goods, within the meaning of Article XXIV of the GATT 1994, and 
for tra de in services, within the meaning of Article V of the GATS. Provisions on trade in 
goods include provisions on rules of origin, preferential tariffs and quotas. In addition to 
preferential trade in services, it also contains commitments on intellectual pr operty, and 
government procurement.  
The Agreement entered into force on 1 June 2021, alongside preferences granted b y way 
of an Exchange of Letters  relating to preferences between 1 January 2021 and the entry 
into force of the Agreement itself . 
8. Text and related schedules, annexes and protocols are:  
[ ] submitted to the WTO Secretariat (electronic format)  
[X] available from the following official Internet link(s):  
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk -mexico -trade -continuity -agreement  
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5619907&fecha=01/06/2021  
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5619908&fecha=01/06/2021  
 