Wang: Free trade deals should not target third parties

Bilateral and multilateral free trade agreements should not be directed against third parties, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray on Saturday.

As Videgaray briefed Wang on the recently signed United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, Wang said trade pacts should not be used to restrict members' legitimate rights and interests, and still less to practice exclusionism.

The US concluded talks two weeks ago with Canada and Mexico on the new USMCA trilateral trade agreement, which the three countries must ratify before it takes effect. It is intended to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement.