“The failure of the rules of origin does not depend on us,” said the head of the Buenrostro agency in a meeting with the press.
For not intervene in due process none of the parties can make the preliminary ruling of the panel of experts public, stressed Encinas Nájera.
Whats Next?
Once the work of the panel of experts has finished, and continuing with the established dates, which are not “written in stone,” said the undersecretary of foreign trade of the Ministry of Economy, it is expected that in mid-January it will be made public. failure.
On December 14, the final report of the rules of origin panel is delivered to the technical secretariat of the T-MEC, who has to translate the document before making it known to the members of the T-MEC.
If the times are met, Encinas continued, on December 29 Mexico, the United States and Canada would be receiving the translations.
After that, there will be 15 days for the review of the decision. That is, around January 13, 2023, the final ruling would be made public.
Once the ruling is made known, the three T-MEC partners have 45 days to agree on the implementation rules, Buenrostro said.