Mexico and Germany: A Future Agenda

Through its strong, substantive and dynamic foreign policy, President Enrique Peña Nieto’s government aims to make Mexico a globally responsible player. This involves expanding and strengthening the country’s global presence to establish itself as an emerging power. With this aim in mind, relations with Germany - the fourth largest global economy, the strongest European power and a key player in Mexican foreign policy in Europe - are strategically important. The crucial question posed in this article is: Why must Mexico consolidate its relations with Germany? To answer this, Alejandro Negrín and Aída Velasco give a detailed overview of the current state of bilateral relations between the countries, recommending a combination of tools and strategies to strengthen cooperation in business and investment, science, technology, energy, culture and tourism. The authors point out that we should look to the future of these relations and visualize them not only in terms of exceptional cooperation in the traditional areas, but also in terms of genuinely strategic cooperation in sectors with high political, economic and cultural potential.