British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will visit Mexico on Thursday to seek its continued support for the UK to join a Trans-Pacific trade pack, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) said. The newly appointed foreign secretary is travelling from New York, where she represented the UK at the U.N. General Assembly along with Prime Minister Boris Johnson. As hopes to seal a U.S.–UK free trade agreement (FTA) fell through, the UK government is now focusing on trade deals with other Western partners as well as finding its way to the Asia-Pacific region. According to the FCDO, Truss is expected to discuss plans to develop a new, updated UK-Mexico FTA; open a new British embassy building; and seek Mexico’s continued support for Britain’s accession into the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). “Closer ties with Mexico are a key part of our plan to strengthen economic, security, and diplomatic links with like-minded allies who …
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