In 2008，president Calderon steadily steered forward various reforms while government’s political power was consolidated in a context characterized by deteriorating domestic security and pullbacks laid by opposition against the energy reform. Mexico’s economic situation worsened dramatically with the spreading financial crisis of the US，so the government adjusted the overall economic policy to cope with the increasing inflation in the first half of the year and the shocks of financial crisis in the second half. Under such circumstances，major social indicators were in various degrees of deterioration and the pressure of rising grain price over households stricken by poverty became especially obvious. During the past year，Mexico took active steps to develop relations with the EU and Asia Pacific region and attached special attention to fostering ties with India and China among other emerging developing countries，while keeping its connections with the US in stability and recovering comprehensively its bonds with other Latin American countries.