Mexico Warns Firms That Building a Border Wall Is Not in Their Best Interests

Fortune ^ | March 21, 2017 | Reuters

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Mexico's government on Tuesday warned Mexican companies that it would not be in their best "interests" to participate in the construction of U.S. President Donald Trump's border wall, though there will be no legal restrictions or sanctions to stop them if they tried.

While some Mexican companies stand to potentially benefit from the controversial infrastructure project, residents south of the border view the wall and Trump's repeated calls to have Mexico pay for it as offensive. That is putting public pressure on firms to abstain from participating.

"We're not going to have laws to restrict (companies), but I believe considering your reputation it would undoubtedly be in your interest to not participate in the construction of the wall," said Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo.

"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," Guajardo added.

His comments echo those of Mexico's foreign minister Luis Videgaray, who said on Friday that Mexican companies that see a business opportunity in the wall should "check their conscience" first....

[hal ogen]

So...the ruling elite are afraid of getting murdered by their citizens who they exploit unmercilessly. Who cares?

[Miguk]

I agree, in part.

But, those dozen or so countries, come through Mexico, to get to the USA.

If the country of Mexico will not, by itself as a sovereign nation, do whatever it can (in its national security interests), to put in place (on their southern border) measures to curtail or stop illegal criminal alien invaders from south of Mexico, illegally and criminally invading Mexico, then the United States and President Trump are right to place part of the responsibility and blame on the country and government of Mexico, for their actions and inaction that leads to their citizens et al illegally and criminally invading our sovereign United States of America.

The country and government of Mexico sure want to tell the United States its "business" and how it should handle its "business," all without doing jack squat to stop the invasion of un-assimilatable illegal criminal invaders at our southern border.