We need to realize that the economic situation between Mexico and the United States is not just one in which we trade with one another.
ALAN BERSINCross-border trade is part of a single production process, and while apparently the Trump administration will seek to re-examine elements of that production platform, it is what it is and won’t be easily dismantled.
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We do a trillion dollars in trade among the three countries; more than 18,000 American companies are involved in foreign direct investment in Mexico and Canada.
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Mexico now has the 13th largest economy in the world.
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The idea was to restore the rule of law, to bring order to a chaotic situation.
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Until we have a legitimate labor market between Mexico and the United States, people will attempt to come here to work.
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And there are places on the border, such as the Arizona desert or the open terrain around the Big Bend in South Texas, where Mother Nature has created her own barrier that is not easily passable. Or if you do pass through it, you are easily detected.
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The potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous.
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In the course of 25 years, we have developed a constructive relationship with Mexico that was nonexistent before.
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Every air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.
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People should remember that Mexican migration is now at a net negative.
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Mexico has become a robust democracy with a robust press and an active legislature.
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The work the Mexicans are doing in terms of migration control on Mexico’s southern border is crucial to our own border security.
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For the first time since the second World War, we are not the sole dominant economy in the world.
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We have a combined population of half a billion people; peaceful trade-friendly borders that are the envy of the world.
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We can’t defend the country by looking at the borderline as the first line of defense rather than as the last line of defense.
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It has gone from being a sending country for migrants to a transit country, and increasingly a receiving country for migrants in its own right.
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