Overview of investment treaty programme
1. What are the key features of the investment treaties to which this country is a party?
Mexico
(a) BITs/MITs
This information is based on the official database of the Consultoría Jurídica of the Mexican Foreign Relations Ministry (Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores). See: https://aplicaciones.sre.gob.mx/tratados/consulta_nva.php (last reviewed on 20 July 2020).
BIT contracting party or MIT | Substantive protections | Procedural rights | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fair and equitable treatment (FET) | Expropriation | Protection and security | Most-favoured-nation (MFN) | Umbrella clause | Cooling-off period | Local courts | Arbitration | |
Argentina (22 July 1998) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
Austria (26 March 2001) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
Bahrain (30 July 2014) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
Belarus (27 August 2009) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
BLEU (Belgium–Luxemburg Economic Union) (18 March 2003) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
China (6 June 2009) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
Cuba (5 April 2002) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
Czech Republic (13 March 2004) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
Denmark (24 September 2000) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
Finland (20 August 2000) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
France (11 October 2000) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
Germany (23 February 2001) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
Greece (3 October 2002) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
Iceland (28 April 2006) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
India (23 February 2008) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
Italy (5 December 2002) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
Korea (28 June 2002) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
Kuwait (28 April 2016) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
Netherlands (1 October 1999) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
Portugal (4 September 2000) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
Singapore (3 April 2011) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
Slovakia (8 April 2009) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
Spain (3 April 2008) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
Sweden (1 July 2001) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
Switzerland (14 March 1996) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
Trinidad and Tobago (16 September 2007) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
Turkey (17 December 2017) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
United Arab Emirates (25 January 2018) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
United Kingdom (25 July 2007) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
Uruguay (7 July 2002) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
FTAs1 | Substantive protections | Procedural rights | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fair and equitable treatment (FET) | Expropriation | Protection and security | Most-favoured-nation (MFN) | Umbrella clause | Cooling-off period | Local courts | Arbitration | |
Central America (22 November 2011) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
Chile (17 April 1998) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
Colombia (11 June 2010) |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
CPTPP (8 March 2018) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
EFTA (27 November 2000) |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Israel (10 April 2000) |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Japan (17 September 2004) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
180 days |
Yes |
Yes |
Pacific Alliance (6 June 2012) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
Panama (3 April 2014) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
Peru (6 April 2011) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
Uruguay (15 November 2003) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
USMCA (1 July 2020) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
Von Wobeser y Sierra, SC