DETAILS OF U.S.-MEXICO AGREEMENTS

MERIDA, Mexico, Feb 15 (Reuters) - The United
States and Mexico announced agreements on Monday on combating illegal
drugs, increasing trade, reducing border violence, and other issues.

Following are summaries of the agreements:

- -- ILLEGAL DRUGS - The two countries agreed on "Bi-National
Performance Measures of Effectiveness" (PMEs), measuring sticks for
tracking progress toward anti-drug goals outlined by the two countries
in 1997. Those goals are reducing drug consumption and trafficking,
fighting drug-related crimes and treating drug-related health and
safety issues.

The new standards set targets and measure progress in 16 areas
including demand reduction -- a key issue for Mexicans who say the
United States must do more on its side of the border to fight drugs --
drug production, drug seizures, and information exchange.

The standards are not meant to be binding for purposes of maintaining
U.S. certification of Mexico as an ally in fighting drug smuggling.

- -- LAW ENFORCEMENT - The United States will give training and
technical aid to a new federal police force that will oversee
airports, borders, seaports and other enforcement jobs.

The two countries will share information on illegal diversions of
chemicals used to make illegal drugs.

- -- TRADE - The U.S. Export-Import Bank will provide up to $4 billion
in export financing over the next two years. The aid, in the form of
loans, loan guarantees and credit insurance, will support Mexican
purchases of U.S. products such as aircraft and construction
equipment, and Mexican infrastructure projects.

U.S officials say the financing will support about 60,000 U.S.
jobs.

- -- CIVIL AVIATION - The two countries will expand an existing
transport agreement, which permits only two airlines to serve pairs of
cities in each country and sharply restricts charter flights, by
permitting four additional airlines from each country to jointly
market flights between city pairs through "code sharing." There are
currently fewer than 100 code-sharing agreements between U.S. and
Mexican airlines, although application for 10,000 new ones are pending.

Charter service administrative requirements also will be
eased.

- -- BORDER VIOLENCE - The two countries will develop programmes to
train authorities in border regions on non-lethal enforcement
techniques and develop joint procedures for responding to assistance
calls near the border.

- -- TUBERCULOSIS - Mexico and the United States will develop ways to
increase awareness of tuberculosis, increase detection of disease
outbreaks, and monitor the spread of drug-resistant
tuberculosis.