Hello everyone and welcome to ISEBE's Global Economy podcast.

My name is Renata Sili, a researcher at the European Centre for International Political Economy,

and the host of this very important conversation that we're going to have

today about the relation between the European Union and Mexico. This episode is the recording

of a recent webinar that you can certainly watch on ESAIP's YouTube channel. There is certainly

a unique dimension to the relationship between the EU and Mexico and it's very timely that we're

having the discussion today. The global economy is transitioning into a new production stage

accelerated by the development of new technologies. These changes are already impacting

our consumption patterns and the way we conduct business. At the same time, the world is facing

numerous challenges such as the need to take stronger action to mitigate

effects of climate change. The war in Ukraine and a rising conflict in the Middle East might

stress even more global production chains and procurement systems that have been attempting

to recover from the COVID-19 years. And of course, a question that needs to be further explored

is the human aspect of it, that

is the extent to which these changes will shape our social systems.

All these events are also connected to a broader changing geopolitical landscape that's shaping

new alliances with enormous implications for our international governance.

And here at ESype, we're particularly

interested in how these developments will impact global trade and the rules-based system.

The EU and Mexico both G20 economies are also entangled in their dynamic, and they're asking

themselves similar questions on how to navigate a world in turbulence while looking ahead into the future.

Mexico and the European Union have a long history of economic and political relations that

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