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" At the end of the day, we have to find a way to compete better with the world. "
Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal
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" Mexico is very well positioned in the IT sector, thanks to our closeness to North America and how things are being developed in Silicon Valley. "
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" The list of traceability for some automotive components needs to be rethought for new technologies to send adequate signals about the strengthening of the value chains in North America. "
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" We must ensure that decisions we make today do not come back to haunt us tomorrow. "
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" A scenario without NAFTA is something we have to think about. "
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" Toyota has 10 plants in the United States... and employs more than 130,000 Americans. If I were Mr. Trump, I'd treat them with more respect. "
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" The precondition to negotiating NAFTA is that we can't go back to the past. "
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" We all know that China is not a free trader. That's the reality. "
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" Since its enforcement, NAFTA has been more than a trade agreement. It has made us think of ourselves as a region. "
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" The actions taken by the Cuban government with its new trade zone open up the potential of strategic investments from Mexico. Mexican companies are very excited. "
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" It makes no sense to introduce an agreement with border restrictions or tariffs. "
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" I do believe that as the country becomes more attractive in the manufacturing sector, salaries can improve, and opportunities can expand. "
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" Free trade and economic stability do not, by themselves, guarantee success. "
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Success
" Mexico's government has made a strong commitment to boosting the country's competitiveness in global trade, and the Ministry of Economy recognizes that trade facilitation is a key element in achieving this objective. "
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Key
Government
" You know how it is: when you politicize things, it is not the best ingredient to get things done. "
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Know
Things
Best
" Opening the Pandora's box of tariffs will be an endless game, and it will be a lose-lose proposition. "
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Will
Opening
Game
" NAFTA, by itself, will not collapse. The possibility is that the United States leaves the treaty, but the treaty itself would keep regulating relations between Canada and Mexico. "
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Canada
Will
Leaves
" We are willing to consider any rebalancing as long as it's through trade expansion, not through trade restriction. As long as it's about how can we buy more from each other, we're willing to work that way. "
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Way
Trade
" Every challenge has the opportunity to convert into a winning proposition. "
Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal
Challenge
Every
Opportunity
" You cannot set salaries by decree. At the end of the day, it doesn't work with the market. What you can make sure to do is to train workers in order to make them more efficient and demand higher salaries because of their qualifications. "
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Day
Work
End Of The Day
" There is no one trade agreement in the world that has country-specific content. It doesn't exist. Content has to be measured regionally. "
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Exist
Content
Agreement
" E-commerce, telecom - those things have to be captured by the new NAFTA. "
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E-Commerce
Things
Those
" We are fed up with complaints that Mexico is stealing jobs from U.S. manufacturing. We are part of the solution that has maintained competitiveness for the U.S. versus China. "
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China
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" If a private investor is raising his hand and saying, 'I don't have the conditions with which to work,' then the government has the responsibility to create those conditions. "
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" I'm sure the apple guys from Washington state or the corn guy from Iowa will not like tariffs on corn or apples. "
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Apple
Will
" NAFTA is a trilateral agreement, and it would make a lot of sense to have trilateral discussions. "
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Make
Agreement
Lot
" If we have to talk to the devil to guarantee the safety and future of the Mexican people in the U.S., Mexico will talk to the devil. "
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Talk
Devil
People
" We have to start a process of looking at what's next after we complete the modernization effort. "
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Start
Next
Looking
" We have to find common grounds. NAFTA is 22 years old. We need to modernize it. "
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Years
NAFTA
Need
" The U.S. is a sovereign nation, and if the U.S. decides to build a wall on the southern border, it's their sovereign decision. We may like it or not. "
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