2006 Tequila Trade Agreement by Brady Bunte January 17th  2006, The United States and Mexico signed the “2006 Tequila Trade Agreement” that allows tequila to ship in bulk from Mexico into the United States. Had the agreement  not been signed, Mexico would threaten to cut off all bulk tequila exporting into the United States. In 2003 Mexico issued a proposal to ban bulk shipments and require  all Mexican tequila bound for the United States to be bottled in Mexico.  Brady Bunte  points out that  Mexico claimed this would “guarantee the tequila’s quality”.This proposal according to the U.S. liquor companies violated international trade rules and ran against all general practices worldwide  in the liquor industry. A whopping 74 % of all tequila imported in 2004 was  shipped by bulk to the United States according to Brady Bunte and that  Mexico is the only country in the world that produces tequila made from fermented blue agave sap.  However, the rule never went into effect while  negotiations  went on  to resolv