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" We have to find common grounds. NAFTA is 22 years old. We need to modernize it. "
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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" 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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" Opening the Pandora's box of tariffs will be an endless game, and it will be a lose-lose proposition. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" 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. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" If you throw obstacles at the relationship with Mexico, you would be shooting yourself in the foot. "
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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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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" NAFTA has been a great success for the three countries involved. "
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" We have to start a process of looking at what's next after we complete the modernization effort. "
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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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" 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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