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The Mexico's Relations with International Community

Mexico is enthusiastic to play a key role with its neighbours. President Fox met leaders of Central America soon after his inauguration in December 2000 and jointly they developed the idea of Plan Puebla Panama. Its aim is to stimulate the economies of the region with increased and enhanced infrastructure leading to the development and development of local economies. Although the Plan has Presidential prop up in the region, much work has still to be done to ensure the details of the Plan are made more concrete and available to the common public. It was agreed by regional Foreign Ministers in January 2003 that the Plan would have its headquarters in El Salvador.

Mexico plays a essential role in several regional organizations, together with the OAS, NAFTA, the ACS (Association of Caribbean States - a federation of Caribbean and several Latin American states)) and APEC (a grouping of American and Pacific Rim countries). In a wider context, Mexico is a member of the IAEA, WTO and OECD, and has a strong voice among developing countries in the UN. It was successful in its bid to secure a seat on the UN Security Council for the years 2002-03. Mexico hosted the WTO conference in Cancun in September 2003, the signing ceremony of the UN Convention adjacent to fraud in December 2003 and the 110th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in April 2004. The third EU/Latin America and Caribbean Summit were held in Guadalajara in May 2004. Mexico played host to the World Water Forum in March 2006 and there will be a Post-Gleneagles follow-up Ministerial gathering on weather Change in October 2006. 

Trade and Investment with UK

Mexico is the UK's second main market in Latin America after Brazil. UK exports in 2005 were £637.87 million. Principal exports include automotive components, pharmaceuticals, electrical machinery, telecommunications, office machines and industrial machinery and organic chemicals. Imports from Mexico in 2005 (including office machines, telecommunications, petroleum, non-ferrous metals, and power generating equipment, industrial & electrical machinery) were £455.60 million.