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" NAFTA has been a great success for the three countries involved. "
Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal
Success
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" 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. "
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" 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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" The end-to-end value chain analysis proposed by the World Economic Forum has proved to be useful methodology, not only to identify trade barriers but also to highlight the importance of coordination among public-sector institutions. "
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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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" We understand U.S. position, but we have to find a way to make trade translate into better jobs in North America. "
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" I can't come back home with an agreement that will not be a win-win-win situation for the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. "
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" 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. "
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" We must ensure that decisions we make today do not come back to haunt us tomorrow. "
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" 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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" 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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" The precondition to negotiating NAFTA is that we can't go back to the past. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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