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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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" 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

Talk

Devil

People

" 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

Mexican

Process

Manipulation

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

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

Years

NAFTA

Need

" 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

America

Mexico

Thanks

" The next generation of entrepreneurs are already named Martinez or Sanchez. "

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

Generation

Entrepreneurs

" 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. "

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

May

Build

" 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

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Way

Trade

" 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. "

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

Potential

Mexico

Government

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

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

Know

Things

Best

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

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

Make

Agreement

Lot

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

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

Yourself

Relationship

Obstacles

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

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

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Alliance

" 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

Day

Work

End Of The Day

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

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

Tomorrow

Decisions

Back

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

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

Stability

Free

Success

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

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

Believe

Opportunities

Improve

" We have to start a process of looking at what's next after we complete the modernization effort. "

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

Start

Looking

" We can be a very natural partner as a support base for Ireland to use Mexico to enter into the North American and South American markets and for Mexico, in turn, to really take advantage of Ireland as a gateway to the European markets. "

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

Mexico

American

Partner

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

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

Sense

Border

Agreement

" 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. "

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

Back

Canada

Situation

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

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Success

Involved

Three

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

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

Trade

Been

" 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

Canada

Will

Leaves

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

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

Will

Opening

Game

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

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

E-Commerce

Things

Those

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

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

NAFTA

Something

Without

" 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

Reality

You

Time

" 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

Value

Know

Mexican

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

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

Agreement

You

Tailor