Felipe Calderón has warned that the US is falling short of the pledges on open trade made during the first meeting of the G20 in Washington last year.

No way through: Mexico claims a Washington ban on its trucks breaches the countries’ trade deal and has responded by imposing tariffs on US goods

In an interview with the Financial Times, Mexico’s president said that pressure from powerful interests in the US had hindered government policy and, unless overcome, would ensure a much slower recovery.