The eighth round of negotiations took place in Mexico City from 8 to 7 January 2018. The ninth round of negotiations began on 12 February 2018 in Mexico City. On 21 April 2018, Mexico and the European Union concluded negotiations for a new global agreement. The new agreement includes political, economic and cooperative aspects to strengthen political dialogue, boost trade and investment and strengthen technical and scientific cooperation between the two sides. The agreement was adopted by the Council of the European Union on 28 September 2000, after the contracting parties stagnated the necessary notification to enter into force of the agreement and came into force on 1 October 2000. Eu-Mexico Joint Committee Decision 1/2010 on Appendix III of EU-Mexico Joint Council Decision 2/2000 on the definition of the concept of native products and methods of administrative cooperation The Free Trade Agreement between Mexico and the European Union (EU-MX FTA) is a trade agreement between the European Union and Mexico. Signed on 12 December 1997 in the city of Brussels as the “Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the Mexican United States and the European Community[1] and its members.” The agreement came into force on 1 October 2000[2] and the tax on a large quantity of import goods was abolished or reduced. The Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement (Comprehensive Agreement), which sets out the objectives and mechanisms for liberalising trade in goods and services, was approved by the Mexican Senate on 20 March 2000 and by the European Parliament on 6 May 1999. On 13 May 1996, the General Council of the European Union approved a mandate to negotiate an agreement with Mexico. Negotiations began in October 1996. On 8 December 1997, the European Union and Mexico signed an agreement consisting of three pillars: an agreement on economic partnership, political cooperation and cooperation (known as the “comprehensive agreement”), which laid the groundwork for the negotiation of a free trade agreement between Mexico and the European Union; an interim agreement on accompanying measures (called the “interim agreement”) which was the framework and mechanisms for trade liberalization and a final act.