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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. "

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

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" We believe more in bridges and making the border better. "

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

" I'm sure the apple guys from Washington state or the corn guy from Iowa will not like tariffs on corn or apples. "

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

" Free trade and economic stability do not, by themselves, guarantee success. "

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

" There is no one trade agreement in the world that has country-specific content. It doesn't exist. Content has to be measured regionally. "

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

" If you throw obstacles at the relationship with Mexico, you would be shooting yourself in the foot. "

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

" We must ensure that decisions we make today do not come back to haunt us tomorrow. "

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

" 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. "

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

" You cannot have an agreement... that gives a tailor's cut, a perfect handiwork, to a specific company. "

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

" E-commerce, telecom - those things have to be captured by the new NAFTA. "

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

" The precondition to negotiating NAFTA is that we can't go back to the past. "

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

" Since we don't use any type of currency manipulation schemes - we have a floating exchange market - we are very glad to consider any type of process that would stabilize the Mexican peso. "

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

" At the end of the day, we have obviously our own political realities that will not allow us to approve something that is not in the benefit of everybody. "

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

" 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. "

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

" There won't be a law with sanctions, but Mexicans and Mexican consumers will know how to value those companies that are loyal to our national identity and those that are not. "

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

" Since its enforcement, NAFTA has been more than a trade agreement. It has made us think of ourselves as a region. "

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

" If there is any action that punishes imports to the North American market and encourages U.S. exports, you have to reflect it in a mirror action to counteract the change of incentives that this would make for activity and investment in Mexico. "

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

" 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. "

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

" I'm not going to negotiate with Brazil for its pretty face. I'm going to negotiate with Brazil because they're going to open their car-manufacturing market. "

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

" NAFTA will continue to regulate the relationship between Mexico and Canada. "

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

" We all know that China is not a free trader. That's the reality. "

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

" 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. "

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

" A scenario without NAFTA is something we have to think about. "

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

" Let me first clarify that NAFTA is a trilateral agreement. The decision of walking away is not of Mexico or Canada. The decision of walking away is of the U.S. "

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

" We have to find common grounds. NAFTA is 22 years old. We need to modernize it. "

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

" 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. "

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

" Opening the Pandora's box of tariffs will be an endless game, and it will be a lose-lose proposition. "

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

" There is an old tool that has become very handy that is called strategic patience, which is do not overreact in the short-term. Take your time. See what is the underlying, real message. And then, once the reality is represented by actions, then decide how you are going to react to those actions. "

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

" 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. "

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

" I do believe that as the country becomes more attractive in the manufacturing sector, salaries can improve, and opportunities can expand. "

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

" The Pacific Alliance is an initiative to align our economies. "

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal