Mexico’s president wants to adopt rules from TTIP

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Tuesday backed a planned free trade deal between the European Union and the United States known as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), saying his country could also adopt it.

During a visit to Berlin, Pena Nieto said TTIP offered an opportunity for more free trade and added that Mexico, which is already part of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) along with the United States and Canada, could also negotiate such rules with the 28-member EU.

"Regarding TTIP, the European Union and USA, I think it's perhaps a chance . . .