Mexican President Pena Nieto to Set 'New Agenda' with US President-Elect Trump Agence France-Presse
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Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto arrives at the APEC CEO Summit in Lima on November 19, 2016. (AFP)

Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto said on Saturday that his government will seek a dialogue with US President-elect Donald Trump, who infuriated Mexicans with vitriolic attacks on their country and its people during his campaign.

"In the face of the positions that President-elect Trump has taken, we are prioritising dialogue as a path to build a new agenda for our bilateral relations," Pena Nieto said at a summit of Asia-Pacific leaders.

"For Mexico, our relation with the United States is central, given the level of trade and integration we have now," he added during a roundtable on trade in Lima, Peru.

"Mexico, like the rest of the world, is about to begin a new era in our relations with the United States, and in trade terms we want to give that relationship its fair value."

He pushed back against Trump's calls to tear up or renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between Mexico, the United States and Canada, saying his country "will continue to be a fervent believer in openness."

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