Latin American countries lose business, and jobs, as a huge wave of low-cost goods floods markets

Miami Herald ^ | December 7, 2003

[sarcasm]

China ''is siphoning off jobs from here in Mexico, from the United States and Canada, from Japan, and from many Latin American countries,'' Fox said. ``What we need is to integrate the governments of the Americas, the parliaments of the Americas, the investors and the business people.''

[DumpsterDiver]

Mexico has been the biggest loser...

I couldn't agree more.

Fox said: "What we need is to integrate the governments of the Americas, the parliaments of the Americas, the investors and the business people."

I'll veto that.

[angkor]

Was recently in an Asian country, China is flooding the market there as well.

People are foregoing Japanese and even local products in favor of the significantly cheaper Chinese junk.

And they know its junk, for example a Chinese bicycle will last 3 or 4 years, a Japanese model 5 to 10 years. But the Chinese stuff is less than half the price.

You name the product - rice cookers, fans, motorcycles, pot & pans - the Chinese are undercutting everything, everywhere.

[sarcasm]

I'll veto that.

You may not have the chance.

[doosee]

Having worked in Mexico, I can tell you there post office is hopeless, phone system is archaic, police are corrupt, and I could go on. Will they ever wake up and reform? Not in my lifetime. The Chinese will outwork and outsell them, rightfully so.

[DumpsterDiver]

Oh, believe me, I'm aware that my opinions on illegal immigration, free trade and globalism mean squat to the U.S. government, but I still plan on them letting them know what I think of them and I'll still be here bitchin' about it.

[sarcasm]

Doesn't Mexico, as a sovereign nation, have the right to ban such imports?

[sarcasm]

NAFTA > FTAA > COMMONWEALTH OF THE AMERICAS

[traumer]

"Mexico has been the biggest loser of the Chinese onslaught"

So what do Mexicans do ? Go north young man....

[yankeedame]

Having worked in Mexico, I can tell you there post office is hopeless, phone system is archaic, police are corrupt, and I could go on. Will they ever wake up and reform? Not in my lifetime. The Chinese will outwork and outsell them, rightfully so.

Amen!

[traumer]

Looks like the whole world is being screwed by China.
And the US is totally locked in this 'bad marriage'.

If it takes over Taiwan - the US will (have to) shut up.

[FITZ]

I think once you sign agreements like NAFTA, you're rights as a country are gone.

[FITZ]

So what do Mexicans do ? Go north young man....

Yes --- Mexico can send us millions of it's unemployed --- but we have to keep all ours and theirs and provide a nice living for them. America is losing millions of jobs but bringing in millions of new unemployed or marginally employed people and the taxpayers of today and the future must provide a good living standard and the best but free health care for everybody.

[doosee]

Doesn't Mexico, as a sovereign nation, have the right to ban such imports?

Yes, actually it is illegal to ship shoes into Mexico from any of the Far East nations. China, Korea, Malaysia, etc. UPS and the USPS have these import rules posted on their websites. I am curious how the author is contending that Chinese shoes are flooding the market. Maybe in countries other than Mexico...

[sarcasm]

I've read that Chinese companies have been engaging in a massive smuggling operation.

[Dec31,1999]

Ya can't compete with slave labor!

[lelio]

If it takes over Taiwan - the US will (have to) shut up.

Agree 100%. The second the US stands up to China taking over Taiwan all the Chinese have to do is remind us of how much US debt they own.

And now would be a perfect time to do so -- recent articles about our lack of rediness with the war in Iraq and Afghanistan put us in a week position.

[RLK]

China ''is siphoning off jobs from here in Mexico, from the United States and Canada, from Japan, and from many Latin American countries,'' Fox said. ``What we need is to integrate the governments of the Americas, the parliaments of the Americas, the investors and the business people.''

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Right. By sending 2,000,000 people a year over the border to annex California, Arizona, and Texas as suburbs of Mexico City and financing the annexation through the United States system of social services.

[sarcasm]

By sending 2,000,000 people a year over the border to annex California, Arizona, and Texas as suburbs of Mexico City and financing the annexation through the United States system of social services abetted by American politicians.