MEXICO CITY: Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto partly blamed Donald Trump on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) for the peso’s fall and he admitted he may have been too quick to hold an unpopular meeting with him.

After the Mexican currency hit the psychological mark of 20 pesos per dollar this week, Pena Nieto said the currency was affected by falling oil prices and the US Federal Reserve, which some feared would raise rates but kept them unchanged on Wednesday.

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