Building Bridges

Mexico's new president, Enrique Pena Nieto, wants to redefine bilateral relations with China.

In a trip to the southern province of Hainan in early April, four months after he took office, the 47-year-old Pena Nieto met with the head of China's new leadership, Xi Jinping; announced the establishment of a government agency to handle trade with China; and repeatedly sent the message that the two economies can complement each other, rather than compete.