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U.S. seen backing Mexico bid to join TPP talks


    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is expected to announce U.S. support for Mexico to formally join negotiations on a regional free trade agreement for the Asia Pacific, industry sources said on Monday.

    Obama, who is in Los Cabos, Mexico for the Group of 20 nations meeting, is holding talks with Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Monday morning.

    U.S. and Canadian industry sources said they expected Obama to announce on Monday that the United States supports Mexico's bid to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership pact.

    A spokeswoman for the U.S. Trade Representative's office said she could not comment on the issue.

    (Reporting By Doug Palmer in Washington and Louise Egan in Ottawa; Editing by David Brunnstrom)