The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development predicts it will have a larger economy than Germany by 2042.
ALAN BERSINThe potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous.
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The nationalism and the protectionism that was built into the Mexican Revolution in 1910 and that characterized the Mexican attitude to the United States for much of the 20th century were difficult to overcome. But that actually has occurred. And the cooperation.
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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.
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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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The Mexican people are increasingly middle class, and Mexico has substantially become a middle-class society.
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We should be wary, particularly with our closest friends and allies, of breaking down the trust and confidence that lie at the foundation of relationships.
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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 have to secure the flow of goods and people by engaging with foreign entities.
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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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Homeland security is inherently transnational today. There’s hardly anything adverse that happens in our homeland that doesn’t have a cause or effect that’s generated abroad. Increasingly.
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The air passenger screening system Mexico has in place involves these checks against US national security and criminal data bases.
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The idea was to restore the rule of law, to bring order to a chaotic situation.
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Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.
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In the last two years, the Mexicans have detained nearly 400,000 migrants whose intent was to come to the United States.
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People in our so-called Rust Belt have lost out, and politics and society have not been responsive either in providing the kind of additional support they need or to retrain them for jobs that are being created in the new economy.
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If you build a 50-foot wall, you’ll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.
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