Mexican Senate Calls on Government for Free-Trade Agreement with Cuba IANS
go to original January 6, 2016

Cuban President Raul Castro (L), Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto (IANSlive)

The Mexican Senate urged the government to expand economic ties with Cuba, including through signing of a free-trade agreement.

In a press release on Tuesday, the Senate prodded the foreign affairs ministry into creating a dialogue with Cuba, discussing topics ranging from a free-trade agreement, immigration, investment, oil and gas exploration in the Gulf of Mexico, to collaboration in science and technology, Xinhua reported.

The Senate insisted that bilateral commercial ties "are growing ever stronger, and a free-trade agreement would facilitate the exchange of goods and services and the removal of duties to ensure larger commerce between both nations."

...According to official statistics, Mexico's exports to Cuba were worth $362.2 million in 2015, but its imports from Cuba stood at $11.6 million.

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