However, on November 30, 1888, the Minister-Counselor to the United States as well as to Mexico Munemitsu MUTSU succeeded in the conclusion of the Mexican-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce, which was the first equal treaty apart from those with the Asian countries.
しかし1888年11月30日には駐米公使兼駐メキシコ公使だった陸奥宗光が、メキシコ日本との関係との間にアジア以外の国とは初めての平等条約である日墨修好通商条約を締結することに成功する。