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

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

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" 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. "

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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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" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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" 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. "

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

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

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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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