Mexico is one of the largest economies in Latin America. Mexico has been a member of NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) since 1994 and it has concluded a set of FTA (Free Trade Agreements) with its major commercial partners. Although Mexico is an emerging country, it is one of the few countries to have free trade agreements with the US, the EU and Japan. Mexico also has agreements with most of the Latin American and EFTA countries and with Israel.
Mexico is the only Latin American country to be member of the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) since 1994; Mexico’s playing an important role in the OECD process of enlargement and enhanced engagement aiming.
Mexico it’s also an active member of the World Trade Organization. Mexico is one of the world’s main destinations for flows of foreign direct investment (FDI), and it has become one of the very few Latin American sources of FDI for third countries; the main ones are the USA, the EU and some Latin American countries.
Mexico is one of the main assets in the context of a progressive, multilateral and multicultural international community. Mexico is becoming more assertive and is aspiring to play a more active role in today's rapidly changing international environment. Mexico has consistently been an active and supportive member of the UN. It is the world's tenth largest contributor to the UN Budget. In fact, Mexico’s financial contribution to the UN is the biggest in Latin America and it alone accounts for about 50% of the region's total financial contributions to the organization.
http://ec.europa.eu/external_relations/mexico/docs/com08_447_en.pdf
