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

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

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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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" At the end of the day, we have to find a way to compete better with the world. "

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" One of the good things that's happening in manufacturing in Mexico is that the old maquiladora that was relegated to just assembling things has changed in different sectors. One of these sectors is the aerospace industry and in how we attract workers that have been in technical school. "

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

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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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" 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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" 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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" NAFTA is a trilateral agreement, and it would make a lot of sense to have trilateral discussions. "

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

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

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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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" 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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" 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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" You know how it is: when you politicize things, it is not the best ingredient to get things done. "

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

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

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" 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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" It makes no sense to introduce an agreement with border restrictions or tariffs. "

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" NAFTA has been a great success for the three countries involved. "

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" 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. "

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