Don't keep on trucking

摘要

In january Mexico's president, Felipe Calderon, became the only foreign leader to meet Barack Obama between his election and his inauguration. Their long lunch was a success. Mr Obama said afterwards that he would be "ready on day one to build a stronger relationship with Mexico." According to one Mexican official present at the talks, the visitors felt reassured that Mr Obama would resist protectionist pressures and that the criticisms of the North American Free-Trade Agreement (NAFTA) he had expressed during the campaign could be dealt with in a trilateral review, involving all three North American countries, that would seek to improve the agreement rather than unpick it.