[CTC] Perez-Rocha || The U.S.-Mexico relationship

[Arthur Stamoulis]

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 <http://www.washingtonpost.com/letters-to-the-editor/2010/07/06/ABjQAIP_linkset.html>The U.S.-Mexico relationship
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A U.S. Border patrol agent opens a gate on the fence along the Mexico border on Jan. 17. (Tomas Bravo/Reuters)
February 3 at 4:46 PM


In his Jan. 29 op-ed, “Mexico can thrive without Trump <https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ernesto-zedillo-mexico-can-thrive-without-trump/2017/01/27/0c873fee-e4ad-11e6-a453-19ec4b3d09ba_story.html?utm_term=.c1d0b47dddde>,” former Mexican president Ernesto Zedillo hit the nail on the head when he said that many U.S. firms are able to compete successfully around the globe “precisely because they are free to develop links along their supply chains in places such as Mexico — in this case thanks to NAFTA.” Mr. Zedillo did not say that U.S. companies’ comparative advantage in Mexico is based on low wages resulting from the suppression of labor rights. This is bad for Mexicans (according to official statistics, more than half the population lives in poverty), and it’s also bad for U.S. workers who face pressure to accept lower labor standards. The debate over renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement should focus on lifting up all working people on both sides of the border.   

Manuel Pérez-Rocha, Washington

The writer is an associate fellow
 at the Institute for Policy Studies.
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