Consultation freedom in Mexico and Peru

Guanajuato ArmandoMartinDue as, director of Mexico Footwear Industry Association (CICEG), said that the footwear industry in Mexico will be in an unfair competition, because the size of the footwear industry in Brazil is 4 times larger than that in Mexico. The Brazil footwear industry has 7830 manufacturers, Mexico has 4000 manufacturers, Brazil produces about 800 million pairs of shoes, Mexico has 250 million pairs, Brazil exports 177 million pairs of shoes, and exports 12 million pairs, and the domestic market has 600 million pairs, and the domestic sales are 286 million pairs of CICEG.

SalomonPresburguer, director general of Mexico Federation of industry associations (CONCAMIN), said that most of the associations opposed the trade agreement between Mexico and India because they were worried about the unfavorable factors of imports of industrial raw materials.

MarcosCherem, director of the Mexico Garment Association, said that the Brazil market must be opened before the agreement was signed, especially Brazil was good at protecting the industry with non-tariff barriers. The chairman of the Mexico Patriotic Union GeradoGutierrezCandiani expressed concern with the director of Cherem. She believed that the protectionism in Brazil would cause unfair competition.

The National Committee of agriculture and animal husbandry of Mexico (CAN) said that the agreement was absolutely unfavourable to Mexico. Brazil's agriculture and animal husbandry had appropriate public policies and had great competitive advantages.