Provisions on Trade in Services in Trade and Integration Agreements in the Western Hemisphere

Effect:
1 August 1999.

Chile/Canada
Legal Name
CHILE-CANADA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT

Effect
5 July 1997

Mexico/Nicaragua
Legal Name:
TREATY ON FREE TRADE BETWEEN THE UNITED MEXICAN STATES AND THE REPUBLIC OF NICARAGUA

Effect:
1 July 1998

Mexico/Bolivia*
Legal Name:
Treaty on Free Trade between the United Mexican States and the Republic of Bolivia.
Treaty on Free Trade between the United Mexican States and the Republic of Costa Rica.

Effect:
1 January 1995.

Mexico/Costa Rica*
Legal Name:
Treaty on Free Trade between the United Mexican States and the Republic of Bolivia.
Treaty on Free Trade between the United Mexican States and the Republic of Costa Rica.

Effect:
1 January 1995.

*Content of the two bilateral free trade agreements signed by Mexico with Bolivia and Costa Rica, both of which came into effect as of 1 January 1995, is quite similar. Both agreements are extensive and contain elaborate provisions on services. As they are very similar, the two bilateral agreements will be summarized together according to the main categories that were used in Part I for examination of the trade and integration agreements in the Western Hemisphere, where these are relevant. In the case of divergence of coverage in the provisions, this will be indicated. No schedules on service commitments are attached to these agreements, as they were negotiated on the basis of a negative list approach.
The chapters on the specific provisions relating to the various service sectors included in the two agreements are summarized in Part III of this study.