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It IS anti-american.

The point of posting this, is that our federal government is already doing everything he suggests.

But the leaders of the European Union wisely created policies for fostering regional economic and political integration

An historic agreement signed by Peter Watson, OPIC President and CEO, and Fernando Canales, Secretary of the Economy. Said agreement will now extend loans of up to $250 million per project to American businesses investing in Mexico.

The US Trade and Development Agency pledged its support for P4P by announcing its intent to provide $1.38 million of assistance through three separate activities in the region:

1) USTDA signed an MOU with Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares for the expansion and modernization of the Cuidad Obregon International Airport in Sonora, Mexico,

2) USTDA announced plans to award a grant to Mexico’s Secretariat for Communications and Transportation for technical assistance and capacity building, and

3) USTDA awarded a technical assistance contract to support competition policy in Mexico and strengthen the institutional capacity of Mexico’s Federal Competition Commission.

The US Small Business Administration plans to sign an MOU with several Mexican government agencies, intended to formalize cross-border cooperation in aiding small exporters. The Ministry of Economy has launched the Program for the Development of the Software Industry (PROSOFT) as Mexico is aggressively seeking to develop its software and related services industry. Mexico is aiming to compete with India, Russia, China and others for outsourced projects from US companies. Mexico counts on its close proximity to the US and its growing number of students specializing in Information Technology to achieve this goal.

Very informative post. I will investigate myself. Not only is Mr. Hill's article reprehensible, but to find out the USTDA is giving out money to Mexico when we are running a huge deficit, and not properly funding our borders, something needs to be done.

USTDA funding last year was about $44million. Alot of money but not a huge amount considering. There are plenty of agencies in the government getting a couple $100 mil a year that we could do away with but dont make a hill of beans to our deficit.