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"I don't want to miss even a one percent chance," said Chung, whose ministry handles fraught relations with the North.

It is critical to the economies of Mexico and Canada, which respectively send around 80 percent and 75 percent of their exports to the United States.

Inflation is down from 200 percent to 31 percent -- although it is likely to rise again, if the peso is allowed to devalue as markets expect.

"I support Mama 100 percent because the work she is doing is visible," he said.

"It is impossible to imagine 80 percent of a territory that is completely flattened out or destroyed," he added.