Mexico seeks stronger US ties despite Trump campaign barbs
Reuters, Mexico City :
Mexico’s president said on Friday he wanted to strengthen relations with his new U.S. counterpart Donald Trump, whose threats and barbs against the country raised fears of a major economic crisis, and battered its currency.
President Enrique Pena Nieto, pilloried at home for meeting Trump in August after the New York businessman called Mexican migrants rapists and murderers, said on Twitter he would defend the interests of Mexico and its people in a “respectful” dialogue.
“We will work to strengthen our relationship with shared responsibility,” said Pena Nieto, who likened Trump’s rise to the ascent of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini after the American’s broadsides early in the election campaign.
Trump vowed to build a wall along the U.S. southern border to keep Mexicans out and threatened to tear up a joint trade deal if he cannot recast it in favor of the United States.
The White House website said on Friday that Trump was committed to renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which underpins Mexico’s economy, and would move to withdraw if no “fair deal” is forthcoming.
Mexico’s president said on Friday he wanted to strengthen relations with his new U.S. counterpart Donald Trump, whose threats and barbs against the country raised fears of a major economic crisis, and battered its currency.
President Enrique Pena Nieto, pilloried at home for meeting Trump in August after the New York businessman called Mexican migrants rapists and murderers, said on Twitter he would defend the interests of Mexico and its people in a “respectful” dialogue.
“We will work to strengthen our relationship with shared responsibility,” said Pena Nieto, who likened Trump’s rise to the ascent of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini after the American’s broadsides early in the election campaign.
Trump vowed to build a wall along the U.S. southern border to keep Mexicans out and threatened to tear up a joint trade deal if he cannot recast it in favor of the United States.
The White House website said on Friday that Trump was committed to renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which underpins Mexico’s economy, and would move to withdraw if no “fair deal” is forthcoming.
