LatinNews Monitor: Mexico - 02 November 2015

Long running and sometimes secretive talks on a Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal involving 12 countries culminated in agreement in principle on 6 October, although there will now be a long period of discussion at national legislative level before any formal treaty is approved. Three Latin American countries – Mexico, Chile, and Peru, who along with Colombia also happen to be members of the Pacific Alliance group – have been directly involved. For them, and for the region more widely, TPP could have far reaching consequences.