The Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay, Carolina Ache Batlle, met this Friday (18.09.2020/19/XNUMX) with the Undersecretary of Foreign Trade of Mexico, Luz María de la Mora Sánchez, to advance bilateral economic and trade relations between both countries, especially in the current context of the economic impact of the Covid-XNUMX virus pandemic and the widespread uncertainty at the level of global markets, as reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the eastern country in a statement. release.
In the virtual meeting, The parties managed to close pending issues in the chapters on services and investments of the trade agreement; thus increasing the certainty to boost business between both markets. On the other hand, there were also Advances in digital certification, it was agreed to convene the Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures of the agreement and, in addition, the Committee on Origin.
On the other hand, Uruguay and Mexico, with the purpose of identifying specific actions for the best use of the trade agreement by the private sector, They agreed to promote public-private dialogue meetings and at the level of SMEs in both markets (virtual business roundtable) before the end of 2020
The statement also detailed that the main areas of work are: the diversification of the exportable offer of SMEs, the attraction of investments and the promotion of trade in services.
The digital economy, according to the official text, will be a point of discussion with a view to exchanging views and experiences.
The Uruguayan delegation was made up of negotiators from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Economy and Finance (including Customs) and the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries.
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