'No special treatment' for China's CPTPP bid: Mexican trade official

MEXICO CITY -- Members of the CPTPP trade pact will not bend the rules to admit China, a senior Mexican trade official told Nikkei, putting a less-positive spin on Beijing's application than a reported comment by Mexico's foreign secretary.

"We want to make sure that we maintain the standard, or that we improve the standard, but we'll have no exceptions, no carve-outs, no transitions, no special treatments," said Luz Maria de la Mora, undersecretary for foreign trade, in an interview Monday.