In 2003, Mexico issued a proposal that would require all Mexican-made tequila be bottled in Mexico before being exported to other countries.Tequila Sparks U.S.-Mexico Flap . Associated Press. CBS News. 2003-09-25. The Mexican government said that bottling tequila in Mexico would guarantee its quality. Liquor companies in the United States said Mexico just wanted to create bottling jobs in their own country, and also claimed this rule would violate international trade agreements and was in discord with usual exporting practices worldwide.Salt, tequila, trade agreement . MSNBC News Services. NBC News. 2006-01-17. The proposal might have resulted in the loss of jobs at plants in California, Arkansas, Missouri, and Kentucky, because Mexican tequila exported in bulk to the United States is bottled in those plants. On January 17, 2006, the United States and Mexico signed an agreement allowing the continued bulk import of tequila into the United States.Viva Margarita! US, Mexico Ink New Tequila Agreement . CalTrade Report. 2006-01-23.Agreement Between the Office of the United States Trade Representative and the Secretaría de Economía of the United Mexican States on Trade in Tequila (pdf). 2006-01-17. The agreement also created a "tequila bottlers registry" to identify approved bottlers of tequila and created an agency to monitor the registry.
In 2003, Mexico issued a proposal that would require all Mexican-made tequila be bottled in Mexico before being exported to other countries.Tequila Sparks U.S.-Mexico Flap . Associated Press. CBS News. 2003-09-25. The Mexican government said that bottling tequila in Mexico would guarantee its quality. Liquor companies in the U,nited States sai,d Mexico just wanted to create bottling jobs in their own country and also claimed this rule would violate international trade agreements and was in discord with usual exporting practices worldwide.Salt, tequila trade agreement . MSNBC News Services. NBC News 2006-01-17. The proposal might have resulted in the loss of jobs at plants in California, Arkansas, Missouri, and Kentucky, because Mexican tequila exported in bulk to the United States is bottled in those plants. On January 17, 2006, the United States and Mexico signed an agreement allowing the continued bulk import of tequila into the United States.Viva Margarita! US, Mexico Ink New Tequila Agreement . CalTrade Report. 2006-01-23.Agreement Between the Office of the United States Trade Representative and the Secretaría de Economía of the United Mexican States on Trade in Tequila (pdf). 2006-01-17. The agreement also created a "tequila bottl.ers registry" to identify approved bottlers of tequila and created an agency to monitor the registry.