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rm stuff about adopting mexico adopting the danish mortgage system. this has nothing to do with their relations. Mex happens to be using the danish system, but there's no evidence the Danes are involv
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'''Denmark-Mexico relations''' refer to [[international relations]] between the [[Kingdom of Denmark]] and [[United Mexican States]]. Diplomatic relations were started in 1827.<ref name=trip/> Mexico has an embassy in [[Copenhagen]]. Denmark has an embassy in [[Mexico City]]. Denmark is Mexico's largest investor among the Nordic countries. [[Maersk]] has been operating in Mexico since 1932.<ref name=trip>{{cite web |url=http://www.presidencia.gob.mx/en/press/?contenido=30560 |title=President Calderón Begins Activities in Denmark |accessdate=2009-06-03 |quote=President Felipe Calderón hailed the fact that Denmark is Mexico's largest investor among the Nordic countries. He highlighted the participation of major Danish firms in Mexico such as Maersk, Grundfos, Lego, Danisco, Novo Nordisk, FLSmidth and Danfoss. |publisher=[[Mexico]] }}</ref> In 2007 Mexico adopted the Danish model of mortgages for their housing market.<ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Denmark exports its successful mortgage model |url=http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=E1_RQJSSTV |quote=This year Mexico is due to test an intriguing idea that it has imported from Denmark, which has one of the world's best-run mortgage markets. ... |work=[[The Economist]] |date=January 4, 2007 |accessdate=2009-06-03 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.strasburger.com/calendar/articles/intl/JRogers_GBFPR.pdf |title=Mexico looks to Denmark on mortgage-backed securities |accessdate=2009-06-03 |quote=The new system would draw on the system in use in Denmark for over 150 years, in which mortgage loans are ... |publisher=[[Strasburger]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Need for innovation in mortgage system |url=http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2007/01/24/bus/osme.a.need.for.innovation.in.mortgage.system.html |quote=Mexico is about to become the first country to give it a try; its first mortgage-backed security was issued in December 2003, and for several years, the government has been working with private parties to prepare the ground for a system that would imitate the Danish approach. |work=[[Sun Star]] |date=January 24, 2007 |accessdate=2009-06-03 }}</ref> Mexico's oldest treaty with any European country is the ''Treaty of Friendship, Trade and Navigation'' with Denmark.<ref name=cheer/>
'''Denmark-Mexico relations''' refer to [[international relations]] between the [[Kingdom of Denmark]] and [[United Mexican States]]. Diplomatic relations were started in 1827.<ref name=trip/> Mexico has an embassy in [[Copenhagen]]. Denmark has an embassy in [[Mexico City]]. Denmark is Mexico's largest investor among the Nordic countries. [[Maersk]] has been operating in Mexico since 1932.<ref name=trip>{{cite web |url=http://www.presidencia.gob.mx/en/press/?contenido=30560 |title=President Calderón Begins Activities in Denmark |accessdate=2009-06-03 |quote=President Felipe Calderón hailed the fact that Denmark is Mexico's largest investor among the Nordic countries. He highlighted the participation of major Danish firms in Mexico such as Maersk, Grundfos, Lego, Danisco, Novo Nordisk, FLSmidth and Danfoss. |publisher=[[Mexico]] }}</ref> Mexico's oldest treaty with any European country is the ''Treaty of Friendship, Trade and Navigation'' with Denmark.<ref name=cheer/>


==State visits==
==State visits==

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Denmark-Mexico relations refer to international relations between the Kingdom of Denmark and United Mexican States. Diplomatic relations were started in 1827.[1] Mexico has an embassy in Copenhagen. Denmark has an embassy in Mexico City. Denmark is Mexico's largest investor among the Nordic countries. Maersk has been operating in Mexico since 1932.[1] Mexico's oldest treaty with any European country is the Treaty of Friendship, Trade and Navigation with Denmark.[2]

State visits

In 2007, President Felipe Calderón made the first visit by a Mexican president to Denmark.[3][1] In 2005, Queen Margrethe was scheduled to visit Mexico but the trip was delayed until 2008.[2][4][5]

Commerce

Denmark is the fifth largest investment partner in Mexico in the European Union and is the tenth largest investor in Mexico in the world. Danish companies that have invested in Mexico include: Maersk, Grundfos, Lego, Danisco, Novo Nordisk, FLSmidth and Danfoss.[6][1] Grundfos and Palsgaard have their factories in San Luis Potosi, Mexico.[7][5]

In 2005 Mexico sold Denmark goods and services worth $US 8 million dollars and they grew to $US 130 million by 2007. Denmark exports to Mexico grew from $US 71 million to $US 320 million from 2005 to 2007.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "President Calderón Begins Activities in Denmark". Mexico. Retrieved 2009-06-03. President Felipe Calderón hailed the fact that Denmark is Mexico's largest investor among the Nordic countries. He highlighted the participation of major Danish firms in Mexico such as Maersk, Grundfos, Lego, Danisco, Novo Nordisk, FLSmidth and Danfoss.
  2. ^ a b "Queen Margrethe was welcomed by the President Felipe Calderón when she arrived Mexico". The Cheers. 2008. Retrieved 2009-06-03. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  3. ^ "Mexicos præsident på besøg i Danmark". Nyhederne TV2 (in Danish). 2007. Retrieved 2009-06-03. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  4. ^ "Danish queen postpones trip to Mexico because of health problems". Associated Press. September 1, 2005. Retrieved 2009-06-03. Denmark's Queen Margrethe has postponed a state visit to Mexico for health reasons, the royal palace said Thursday. The 65-year-old monarch, who had planned ... {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  5. ^ a b c "Danish queen meets Calderon at start of 5-day visit to Mexico". The Earth Times. 18 February 2008. Retrieved 2009-06-03. Mexican President Felipe Calderon met with Queen Margrethe II of Denmark on Monday at the beginning of her five-day visit to the Latin American country. ... Calderon noted that trade between the two countries grew significantly from 2005-2007. Mexico went from selling Denmark goods and services for 8 million dollars in 2005 to 130 million dollars two years later. Denmark, in turn, went from sending 71 million dollars to 320 million dollars. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  6. ^ "Lego looks to build its future outside Denmark". The Times. June 21, 2006. Retrieved 2009-06-03. A further 300 jobs will be cut in Connecticut as US manufacturing and distribution is moved to facilities in Mexico. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  7. ^ "Grundfos' Mexico factory gets royal seal of approval". Retrieved 2009-06-03. Pump supplier Grundfos Pumps' 12m factory in Mexico has been officially opened by Her Majesty Queen Margrethe of Denmark. The factory based in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, is just part of the Grundfos investment planned for the country.

See also

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