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Mexico Retaliates On Trucks *WSJ Breaking
WSJ NEWS ALERT ^ | 03/16/2009 | Unattributed

Posted on 03/16/2009 12:52:08 PM PDT by Glenn

Mexico says it will increase tariffs on about 90 U.S. products in retaliation for decision to cancel program that allowed some Mexican trucks to transport goods within the U.S.

(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: aliens; immigration; mexicantrucks; mexico; mexicodemands; mexicothreats; nafta
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Screw 'em.
1 posted on 03/16/2009 12:52:08 PM PDT by Glenn
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Mexico says it will increase tariffs on about 90 U.S. products in retaliation for decision to cancel program that allowed some Mexican trucks to transport goods within the U.S.

Send the illegals home!

2 posted on 03/16/2009 12:53:16 PM PDT by rabscuttle385 ("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
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To: Glenn

And the trade wars begin. Smoot would be so proud.


3 posted on 03/16/2009 12:53:28 PM PDT by Big_Monkey
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To: Glenn

tariffs? but what about NAFTA?


4 posted on 03/16/2009 12:53:52 PM PDT by absolootezer0 (thank God for Chicago: makes Detroit look wholesome by comparison.)
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To: Glenn

Bill Mexico for all the medical care and welfare the illegal aliens use. That’ll shut ‘em up.


5 posted on 03/16/2009 12:54:00 PM PDT by CodeToad (Liberalism is Communism, and both are a mental disorder. Grow up.)
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To: Glenn

Anybody know what they import from the US?


6 posted on 03/16/2009 12:54:22 PM PDT by Pessimist
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Aye Cramba!! The price of Tacos will go up. Tequila too. Oh well burgers and Bourbon for me.


7 posted on 03/16/2009 12:54:59 PM PDT by screaminsunshine (!!)
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Anybody know what they import from the US?

Guns. LOL.

8 posted on 03/16/2009 12:56:18 PM PDT by pnh102 (Save America - Ban Ethanol Now!)
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To: screaminsunshine

Ahh and another bootleg cottage industry arises.


9 posted on 03/16/2009 12:57:22 PM PDT by mentor2k
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"Anybody know what they import from the US?"

Cash!

10 posted on 03/16/2009 12:57:25 PM PDT by liberateUS
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Pressure on our exporters because of the bill Obama signed last week.

Joy.

11 posted on 03/16/2009 12:57:44 PM PDT by what's up
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Hot Tacos!


12 posted on 03/16/2009 12:58:08 PM PDT by screaminsunshine (!!)
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Anybody know what they import from the US?

US dollars, sent by their #1 export to the US, illegal slave labor.

13 posted on 03/16/2009 12:58:10 PM PDT by OB1kNOb (Communist China is doing more to foster capitalism in their country than our politicians are doing.)
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Sigh. We stopped their trucks as a security issue, not an economic issue. Their response is not appropriate.


14 posted on 03/16/2009 12:58:59 PM PDT by kc8ukw
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A trade war! Just what Mexico needs .......


15 posted on 03/16/2009 12:59:15 PM PDT by Ben Mugged ("You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom".)
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Sure, Mexico, right now that’s what you want for your economy.

Make it easy on you. We cancel foreign aid to your country.

PS, never get in a food fight with a socialist Democrat, you will lose Mexico.


16 posted on 03/16/2009 12:59:15 PM PDT by BGHater (Tyranny is always better organised than freedom)
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Guns................


17 posted on 03/16/2009 1:01:36 PM PDT by Red Badger (0bama: I'm not a socialist......................(I'm a Trotskyite)...............)
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And the trade wars begin. Smoot would be so proud.

I had the same thought. Let's get in a trade war with our second largest trading partner.

18 posted on 03/16/2009 1:01:58 PM PDT by wmfights (If you want change support SenateConservatives.com)
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Oh goody, does the teleprompter know it caused a trade war?


19 posted on 03/16/2009 1:02:26 PM PDT by Tarpon (It's a common fact, one can't be liberal and rational at the same time.)
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Anybody know what they import from the US?

Dollars jefe. Payment por es juja and the Bolivian marching powder.

20 posted on 03/16/2009 1:03:25 PM PDT by RoadKingSE (How do you know that the light at the end of the tunnel isn't a muzzle flash ?)
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