It’s backed by most MEPs, member states have agreed their position, and the agriculture sector has no major qualms with it, but the EU-Mexico trade agreement has one particular feature that could cause headaches for the Irish presidency steering the deal into reality. The EU’s trade deal with Mexico will bolster economic ties between the two sides amid a rush by the EU to diversify its trading relationships in the face of US trade hostility and war. The EU is Mexico’s third-largest trading partner, with both sides trading more than €100 billion in goods and services last year. Trade minister…

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