Press release – Press conference: EU-Mexico agreements

Source: European Parliament

The Foreign Affairs Committee and International Trade Committee rapporteurs will hold a joint press conference on Wednesday following plenary votes on two EU-Mexico agreements.

The EU-Mexico modernised global agreement (MGA) will replace the current framework, in place since 2000, with the aim of promoting new opportunities for business and an emphasis on sustainable development and the fight against corruption. The interim trade agreement (iTA) covers the trade parts of the MGA that are an exclusive EU competence (such as customs duties and the protection of EU innovations and traditional products), and will apply earlier, without waiting for all EU member states to ratify the MGA.

Who: AFET rapporteur Javi López (S&D, ES) and INTA rapporteur Borja Giménez Larraz (EPP, ES)

When: 14.00-14:30 CET, Wednesday 8 July 2026

Where: Daphne Caruana Galizia press conference room (WEISS N -1/201), European Parliament, Strasbourg, and remotely

How: Accredited media representatives are invited to attend the press conference in person. In addition, journalists can join the press conference and ask questions remotely via the Interactio platform. When connecting, enter your name and the media organisation you are representing in the first name/last name fields. For better sound quality, use headphones and a microphone. Interpretation is only possible for interventions with video.

You can also follow it via Parliament’s webstreaming (livestream and video-on-demand).

Interpretation will be available in English, French, German, Italian, Polish and Spanish.

• Janis KRASTINS

Press Officer (LV)

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+32 228 40115 (BXL)

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+32 473 33 25 36

E-mail:

janis.krastins@europarl.europa.eu

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