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Local media said the French trade ministry has taken China's decision "very seriously".
Only 1.5 per cent of Mexican exports went to China last year.
Eighteen European Union member countries had opposed the move.
US defence secretary Chuck Hagel has alleged that the Chinese government is involved in cyber-espionage.
China’s environmental watchdog has begun monitoring the environmental impact of the fire.
The Chinese president is on a state visit to Trinidad & Tobago, Costa Rica and Mexico.
Some countries are troubled that the TPP could be used to rebalance Asia against China’s rising influence.
The deal is the biggest Chinese buyout of a US firm and will be completed by the end of 2013.
Reforms need to be pushed more stridently, argued David Lipton of IMF.