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.
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.
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.
You cannot have an agreement... that gives a tailor's cut, a perfect handiwork, to a specific company.
We have to find common grounds. NAFTA is 22 years old. We need to modernize it.
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.
Opening the Pandora's box of tariffs will be an endless game, and it will be a lose-lose proposition.
I'm not going to negotiate with Brazil for its pretty face. I'm going to negotiate with Brazil because they're going to open their car-manufacturing market.
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.
E-commerce, telecom - those things have to be captured by the new NAFTA.
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.
We all know that China is not a free trader. That's the reality.
I'm sure the apple guys from Washington state or the corn guy from Iowa will not like tariffs on corn or apples.
