Red China Opens NAFTA Ports in Mexico

Human Events Online ^ | Jul 18, 2006 | Jerome R. Corsi

[Alberta's Child]

Yeah those ports were designed for a normal nation that ships stuff out too. They were not designed to offload 90% of the Wal-Mart and Home Depot inventory.

Oh, please.

Those ports have undergone substantial capacity enhancements in the last 6 years -- mainly aimed at accommodating precisely that import market you've identified (the Alameda Corridor project is a good example of this).

The primary problem with these ports is that they are located in heavily urbanized areas with little room for expansion, and they were originally designed when this nation had a population of about 100-150 million people.

[1rudeboy]

Oh, I got that . . . Prof. Corsi doesn't.

[dennisw]

Why wouldn't you want to make it easier to export products to Mexico? And a trick question for you: do we export more merchandise to Mexico now, or before NAFTA was implemented?

And the much neglected reverse question is - Do we import more from Mexico than before?
The answer is yes, we import more than before NAFTA,  we import so much more that we run 40 billion dollar per year trade deficit with this 3rd world pit

[1rudeboy]

Don't forget that it's probably easier to get a Mexican to use a barcode scanner, rather than a Longshoreman.

[hedgetrimmer]

freight would be inspected by Mexican authorities in Kansas City and sealed in containers for movement directly to Mexican destinations with fewer costly border delays."

That way all those stolen cars headed for Mexico and points south won't be discovered by pesky US officials.

[Alberta's Child]

Sears, Kmart, Target, and JCPenney all had established procurement networks in Asia long before Wal-Mart arrived.

Funny how you never seem to read this in most anti-WalMart rants these days.

[hedgetrimmer]

Thats quite a racist comment.

[1rudeboy]

And the neglected logic is, we should fail to make it easier to export our goods because we buy too much foreign stuff?

[1rudeboy]

LOL Thanks, Ms. Pelosi.

[Alberta's Child]

Right. And the West Coast longshoremans' labor dispute in 2003 or 2004 (I think it was 2003) resulted in changes in global shipping patterns that are still in place today.

[stephenjohnbanker]

"Why wouldn't you want to make it easier to export products to Mexico?"

I didn't say that, and I have nothing against it either. If it create middle class jobs in Mexico, all the better.
My beef is importing all this junk from China. Shirts that disentegrate after 2 washes, and coffee pots that last a year or so, intead of 10 to 15 years.

[Calpernia]

Now THAT is very true!

[1rudeboy]

Apparently you are a racist for pointing that out . . . not that Longshoremen is a race, but what the heck.

[hedgetrimmer]

No, you deserve the credit for revealing "free traders" inherent antiAmericanism.

[dennisw]

Yeah those ports were designed for a normal nation that ships stuff out too. They were not designed to offload 90% of the Wal-Mart and Home Depot inventory.

Oh, please.

Those ports have undergone substantial capacity enhancements in the last 6 years -- mainly aimed at accommodating precisely that import market you've identified (the Alameda Corridor project is a good example of this).

Obviously not expanding fast enough to accommodate all the ChiCom ships bringing in Chinese craps. Get with the program Alberta! So now Mexico (land of the NAFTA maquiladora) will become import middleman, bringing in all kinds of Chinese craps for you to buy. 

China --->>
Mexico--->>
Kansas City ---->> Mexican customs in KC --->>>

And then onward to Wal-Mart and Home Depot.

[1rudeboy]

I'm not a huge fan of the "disposable society," either. I do know that it's not likely the federal government has the power or even the ability to change it . . . .

[sonyapeking]

well, another great move by the People's Republic of China...haha...competing and expanding its business on the great free land...
so more Chinese cheap goods are entering the US market...well you call them "crap", then why do you still buy them? You all can resist chinese products...Hope you can do that and stop the chinese "crap" appearing and "eroding your infrastructure"...but are you able to do that? hahahahahaha

[dennisw]

So our Mexicans are better than their Mexicans?

They are your Mexicans, Kemosabe. I minimize my interaction with anything and anyone from there. Actually there are cute Mexican Indian waitresses (know where Chiapas is?)  at the restaurant I go to now and then  Need a wife? Very cute and shy plus they know some English.

[dennisw]

What are Chinese craps???

[Alberta's Child]

The ports themselves aren't the only problem. The inland distribution networks have their own capacity limitations. Do a Google search on a phrase like "Union Pacific railroad debacle" or something like that to see how chaotic the shipping scene is in this country starting right around this time every year.

This is why the Mexico ports issue discussed here and the Trans-Texas Corridors initiative go hand-in-hand . . . because even the most efficient ports in the world are only as good as their inland infrastructure allows them to be.