Claudia Ruiz Massieu

Canada and Mexico agreed on Nov. 10 to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's demand to have a fresh look at their tripartite 22-year-old free trade pact, fearing they could be shut out of the US market.

But the two U.S. allies diverged on the level of changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) each was willing to accept, with Mexico taking a harder line.

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto expressed his nation's "outrage" to his Egyptian counterpart on Sept.15 after eight Mexican tourists were confirmed dead following a mistaken Egyptian military strike.

Mexico's foreign minister flew to Cairo late on Sept.14 to seek answers from Egyptian authorities over an air strike that mistakenly killed Mexican tourists.